diff --git a/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f5024b9e1f..33abce755f8 100644
--- a/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 add_qtc_library(Sqlite
-  DEFINES
+  PUBLIC_DEFINES
       BUILD_SQLITE_LIBRARY
       SQLITE_THREADSAFE=2 SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5 SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
       SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1 SQLITE_DEFAULT_FOREIGN_KEYS=1 SQLITE_TEMP_STORE=2