diff --git a/premake/bitmrc.lua b/premake/bitmrc.lua
index 058632cc..758c8457 100644
--- a/premake/bitmrc.lua
+++ b/premake/bitmrc.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ end
 function bitmrc.import()
 	if not bitmrc.settings then error("Run bitmrc.setup first") end
 
+	sqlite3.import()
+	libcryptopp.import()
+
 	bitmrc.includes()
 end
 
@@ -29,27 +32,27 @@ function bitmrc.project()
 		includedirs
 		{
 			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/include"),
+			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/Storage/include"),
 		}
 		files
 		{
-			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/**.cpp"),
+			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/*.cpp"),
+			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/Storage/*.cpp"),
 		}
 		removefiles
 		{
 			-- path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "src/**/*test.cc"),
-			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/main.cpp"),
+			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/main.*"),
+			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/class.*"),
 			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/tests/**"),
-			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/Storage/**"),
-			path.join(bitmrc.settings.source, "BitMRC/Debug/**"),
 		}
 
 		-- dependencies
+		sqlite3.import()
 		libcryptopp.import()
 
-		-- not our code, ignore POSIX usage warnings for now
 		defines { "_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" }
 		warnings "Off"
 
-		-- always build as static lib, as we include our custom classes and therefore can't perform shared linking
 		kind "StaticLib"
 end
diff --git a/premake/sqlite3.lua b/premake/sqlite3.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad4597e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/premake/sqlite3.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+sqlite3 = {
+	settings = nil,
+}
+
+function sqlite3.setup(settings)
+	if not settings.source then error("Missing source.") end
+
+	sqlite3.settings = settings
+end
+
+function sqlite3.import()
+	if not sqlite3.settings then error("Run sqlite3.setup first") end
+
+	links { "sqlite3" }
+	sqlite3.includes()
+end
+
+function sqlite3.includes()
+	if not sqlite3.settings then error("Run sqlite3.setup first") end
+
+	includedirs { sqlite3.settings.source }
+end
+
+function sqlite3.project()
+	if not sqlite3.settings then error("Run sqlite3.setup first") end
+
+	project "sqlite3"
+		language "C++"
+
+		includedirs
+		{
+			sqlite3.settings.source,
+		}
+
+		files
+		{
+			path.join(sqlite3.settings.source, "*.c"),
+			path.join(sqlite3.settings.source, "*.h"),
+		}
+
+		-- not our code, ignore POSIX usage warnings for now
+		warnings "Off"
+
+		kind "SharedLib"
+		filter "*Static"
+			kind "StaticLib"
+		filter "kind:StaticLib"
+			defines { "_LIB" }
+			removedefines { "_USRDLL", "_DLL" }
+end
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index f582e8ba..30942cab 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -125,17 +125,18 @@ newaction {
 
 depsBasePath = "./deps"
 
+require "premake/bitmrc"
 require "premake/fmt"
 require "premake/json11"
+require "premake/libcryptopp"
 require "premake/libtomcrypt"
 require "premake/libtommath"
 require "premake/mongoose"
 require "premake/pdcurses"
 require "premake/protobuf"
+require "premake/sqlite3"
 require "premake/winksignals"
 require "premake/zlib"
-require "premake/libcryptopp"
-require "premake/bitmrc"
 
 bitmrc.setup
 {
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@ protobuf.setup
 {
 	source = path.join(depsBasePath, "protobuf"),
 }
+sqlite3.setup
+{
+	source = path.join(depsBasePath, "bitmrc/windows/sqlite3"),
+}
 winksignals.setup
 {
 	source = path.join(depsBasePath, "Wink-Signals"),
@@ -255,6 +260,7 @@ workspace "iw4x"
 		buildoptions { "/Zm200" }
 
 		-- Dependency libraries
+		bitmrc.import()
 		fmt.import()
 		json11.import()
 		libtomcrypt.import()
@@ -264,8 +270,6 @@ workspace "iw4x"
 		protobuf.import()
 		winksignals.import()
 		zlib.import()
-		libcryptopp.import()
-		bitmrc.import()
 
 		-- fix vpaths for protobuf sources
 		vpaths
@@ -356,17 +360,17 @@ workspace "iw4x"
 		}
 
 	group "External dependencies"
+		bitmrc.project()
 		fmt.project()
 		json11.project()
+		libcryptopp.project()
 		libtomcrypt.project()
 		libtommath.project()
 		mongoose.project()
 		pdcurses.project()
+		protobuf.project()
 		winksignals.project()
 		zlib.project()
-		protobuf.project()
-		libcryptopp.project()
-		bitmrc.project()
 
 rule "ProtobufCompiler"
 	display "Protobuf compiler"