diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/fossil/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/fossil/default.nix
index ed2cf00291e2..0e6302534ad9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/fossil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/fossil/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , zlib
 , openssl
 , readline
+, withInternalSqlite ? true
 , sqlite
 , ed
 , which
@@ -15,23 +16,25 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fossil";
-  version = "2.16";
+  version = "2.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/tarball/version-${version}/fossil-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1z5ji25f2rqaxd1nj4fj84afl1v0m3mnbskgfwsjr3fr0h5p9aqy";
+    sha256 = "0539rsfvwv49qyrf36z5m0k74kvnn6y5xasm9vvi6lbphx8yxmi1";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles tcl tcllib ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl readline sqlite which ed ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
+  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl readline which ed ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv
+    ++ lib.optional (!withInternalSqlite) sqlite;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-internal-sqlite" ]
+  configureFlags =
+    lib.optional (!withInternalSqlite) "--disable-internal-sqlite"
     ++ lib.optional withJson "--json";
 
   preBuild = ''