diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index f03776c1184..97ab699d872 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
-version=3.7.8
-_amalgamationver=3070800
+version=3.7.9
+_amalgamationver=3070900
 wrksrc=sqlite
 create_wrksrc=yes
 distfiles="http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}.tar.gz"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.sqlite.org"
 license="Public Domain"
-checksum=fd8c7f70db7e06b51196efccb937f2a657abc7b27ef61fe3a7fb8e72ac4dfa32
+checksum=7be6cdb375505e5d9a4aee88b2ddb6ea0d9d29c9545114ff77b345e1fa812439
 long_desc="
  SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs
  that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without
@@ -28,17 +28,24 @@ Add_dependency run readline
 Add_dependency build readline-devel
 Add_dependency build tcl-devel
 
-do_build()
+do_configure()
 {
 	export CFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 \
 		-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 \
 		-DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE"
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS}
-	make ${makejobs}
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}/tea
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --with-system-sqlite
+}
+
+do_build()
+{
+	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}
+	make ${makejobs}
+
+	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}/tea
 	make ${makejobs}
 }