diff --git a/net-libs/stem/stem-1.8.2.ebuild b/net-libs/stem/stem-1.8.2.ebuild
index 26857d59447a9..b93e6db9fa910 100644
--- a/net-libs/stem/stem-1.8.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/stem/stem-1.8.2.ebuild
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Stem is a Python controller library for Tor"