diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 16a50dd..1d6f10a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
           enableInteractive;
       };
     in {
-      "sqlite-amalgamation${result.suffix}" = result.amalgamation;
+      # "sqlite-amalgamation${result.suffix}" = result.amalgamation;
+      "sqlite${result.suffix}" = result.sqlite;
     }) productVars));
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/amalgamation.nix b/src/amalgamation.nix
index 98ab913..360e384 100644
--- a/src/amalgamation.nix
+++ b/src/amalgamation.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
   unzip,
   zlib,
-  readline,
-  ncurses,
+  icu,
 
   features,
   featureFlags,
@@ -29,10 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     zlib
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals enableInteractive [
-    readline
-    ncurses
+  ] ++ lib.optional features.ENABLE_ICU [
+    icu
   ];
 
   # required for aarch64 but applied for all arches for simplicity
@@ -45,10 +42,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # on a per-output basis.
   setOutputFlags = false;
 
-  configureFlags =
-    lib.optional (!enableInteractive) "--disable-readline"
-    # autosetup only looks up readline.h in predefined set of directories.
-    ++ lib.optional enableInteractive "--with-readline-header=${lib.getDev readline}/include/readline/readline.h";
+  configureFlags = lib.optional features.ENABLE_ICU [
+    "--enable-icu-collations"
+    "--with-icu-config=${lib.getExe' icu.dev "icu-config"}"
+  ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.concatStringsSep " " featureFlags;
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optionalString features.ENABLE_FTS5 "-lm";
diff --git a/src/mk-sqlite.nix b/src/mk-sqlite.nix
index c56e8ee..6138527 100644
--- a/src/mk-sqlite.nix
+++ b/src/mk-sqlite.nix
@@ -57,8 +57,15 @@ in {
   inherit config;
   inherit suffix;
 
-  # "sqlite"
+  sqlite = pkgs.callPackage ./sqlite.nix ({
+    inherit (pkgs.sqlite) version src;
+    inherit amalgamate;
+    nameSuffix = suffix;
+  } // config);
+
   # "sqlite-static"
+
+  # "sqlite-cli"
 } // lib.optionalAttrs amalgamate {
   amalgamation = pkgs.callPackage ./amalgamation.nix ({
     inherit (pkgs.sqlite) version src;
diff --git a/src/sqlite.nix b/src/sqlite.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca53d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sqlite.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  lib,
+
+  src,
+  version,
+  nameSuffix,
+
+  stdenv,
+
+  unzip,
+  zlib,
+  icu,
+
+  amalgamate,
+  features,
+  featureFlags,
+  enableInteractive ? false,
+
+  ...
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "sqlite${nameSuffix}";
+  inherit version src;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optional features.ENABLE_ICU [
+    icu
+  ];
+
+  # required for aarch64 but applied for all arches for simplicity
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs configure
+  '';
+
+  # sqlite relies on autosetup now; so many of the
+  # previously-understood flags are gone. They should instead be set
+  # on a per-output basis.
+  setOutputFlags = false;
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--bindir=/tmp"
+    "--includedir=${placeholder "out"}/include"
+    "--libdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib"
+
+    "--enable-shared"
+    "--disable-static"
+    "--${if amalgamate then "enable" else "disable"}-amalgamation"
+  ] ++ lib.optional features.ENABLE_ICU [
+    "--enable-icu-collations"
+    "--with-icu-config=${lib.getExe' icu.dev "icu-config"}"
+  ];
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.concatStringsSep " " featureFlags;
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optionalString features.ENABLE_FTS5 "-lm";
+
+  makeTarget = "sqlite3.so";
+})