diff --git a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
index b5619644bd8..d33d0bf80a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, bzip2, pkgconfig, curl, lzma, gettext
 , sdlClient ? true, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_gfx, freetype, fluidsynth
 , gtkClient ? false, gtk2
-, server ? true, readline }:
+, server ? true, readline
+, enableSqlite ? true, sqlite
+}:
 
 let
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals;
@@ -10,14 +12,14 @@ let
   gtkName = if gtkClient then "-gtk" else "";
 
   name = "freeciv";
-  version = "2.5.3";
+  version = "2.5.6";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "${name}${sdlName}${gtkName}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/freeciv/${name}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0p40bpkhbldsnlqdvfn3qd2vzadxfrfsf1r57x1akwabqs0h62s8";
+    sha256 = "16wrnsx5rmbz6rjs03bhy0vn20i6n6g73lx7fjpai98ixhzc5bfg";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
@@ -25,10 +27,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ zlib bzip2 curl lzma gettext ]
     ++ optionals sdlClient [ SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image SDL_ttf SDL_gfx freetype fluidsynth ]
     ++ optionals gtkClient [ gtk2 ]
-    ++ optional server readline;
+    ++ optional server readline
+    ++ optional enableSqlite sqlite;
 
   configureFlags = []
     ++ optional sdlClient "--enable-client=sdl"
+    ++ optional enableSqlite "--enable-fcdb=sqlite3"
     ++ optional (!gtkClient) "--enable-fcmp=cli"
     ++ optional (!server) "--disable-server";