diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
index cc37c50af3e..3cf5b05ee25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ assert postgresSupport -> postgresql != null;
     "--enable-gi-system-install=no"
     "--with-mysql=${if mysqlSupport then "yes" else "no"}"
     "--with-postgres=${if postgresSupport then "yes" else "no"}"
+
+    # macOS builds use the sqlite source code that comes with libgda,
+    # as opposed to using the system or brewed sqlite3, which is not supported on macOS,
+    # as mentioned in https://github.com/GNOME/libgda/blob/95eeca4b0470f347c645a27f714c62aa6e59f820/libgda/sqlite/README#L31,
+    # which references the paper https://web.archive.org/web/20100610151539/http://lattice.umiacs.umd.edu/files/functions_tr.pdf
+    # See also https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/104f9ecd02854a82372b64d63d41356555378a52/Formula/libgda.rb
+    "--enable-system-sqlite=${if stdenv.isDarwin then "no" else "yes"}"
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;