diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b83ee54..c9c40fc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+* lxc-php: Install php-sqlite by default
 * mysql: activate binary logs by specifying log_bin path
 * mysql: specify a custom server_id
 * mysql: option to define as read only
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/php56.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/php56.yml
index 1f254b35..b3fb00ac 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/php56.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/php56.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install PHP packages"
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
-    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php5-fpm php5-cli php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-pgsql php-gettext php5-intl php5-curl php5-ssh2 libphp-phpmailer ssmtp"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php5-fpm php5-cli php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite php-gettext php5-intl php5-curl php5-ssh2 libphp-phpmailer ssmtp"
 
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Copy evolinux PHP configuration"
   template:
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/php70.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/php70.yml
index 2e45890d..8cbb0125 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/php70.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/php70.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install PHP packages"
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
-    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-intl php-imap php-ldap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-pgsql php-gettext php-curl php-ssh2 php-zip php-mbstring composer libphp-phpmailer"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-intl php-imap php-ldap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-pgsql php-sqlite3 php-gettext php-curl php-ssh2 php-zip php-mbstring composer libphp-phpmailer"
 
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Copy evolinux PHP configuration"
   template:
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/php73.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/php73.yml
index 0149d6ee..eae17e4e 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/php73.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/php73.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install PHP packages"
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
-    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-intl php-imap php-ldap php-mysql php-pgsql php-gettext php-curl php-ssh2 php-zip php-mbstring php-zip composer libphp-phpmailer"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-intl php-imap php-ldap php-mysql php-pgsql php-sqlite3 php-gettext php-curl php-ssh2 php-zip php-mbstring php-zip composer libphp-phpmailer"
 
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Copy evolinux PHP configuration"
   template: