diff --git a/make/release_flags.mk b/make/release_flags.mk
index 21bf1cdd7..7bf12119d 100644
--- a/make/release_flags.mk
+++ b/make/release_flags.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ windows-386 \
 windows-amd64 \
 windows-arm
 
-RELEASE_TAGS = autopilotrpc signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc watchtowerrpc neutrinorpc monitoring peersrpc kvdb_postgres kvdb_etcd
+RELEASE_TAGS = autopilotrpc signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc watchtowerrpc neutrinorpc monitoring peersrpc kvdb_postgres kvdb_etcd kvdb_sqlite
 
 WASM_RELEASE_TAGS = autopilotrpc signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc watchtowerrpc neutrinorpc monitoring peersrpc
 
diff --git a/make/testing_flags.mk b/make/testing_flags.mk
index 59e4d3152..dda519925 100644
--- a/make/testing_flags.mk
+++ b/make/testing_flags.mk
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ ifeq ($(dbbackend),postgres)
 DEV_TAGS += kvdb_postgres
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(dbbackend),sqlite)
+DEV_TAGS += kvdb_sqlite
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(tags),)
 DEV_TAGS += ${tags}
 endif