diff --git a/sqlite/src/config.rs b/sqlite/src/config.rs
index c18bc207..4a30a91e 100644
--- a/sqlite/src/config.rs
+++ b/sqlite/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use std::{convert::Infallible, path::PathBuf};
-
 use crate::{CreatePoolError, Manager, Pool, PoolBuilder, PoolConfig, Runtime};
+use rusqlite::OpenFlags;
+use std::{convert::Infallible, path::PathBuf};
 
 /// Configuration object.
 ///
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     /// [`Pool`] configuration.
     pub pool: Option<PoolConfig>,
+
+    /// Sqlite OpenFlags
+    pub open_flags: Option<OpenFlags>,
+    // Sqlite VFS name (TODO)
+    // pub vfs: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -49,6 +54,17 @@ impl Config {
         Self {
             path: path.into(),
             pool: None,
+            open_flags: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new [`Config`] with the given `path` of SQLite database file and `flags`.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new_with_flags(path: impl Into<PathBuf>, flags: OpenFlags) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            path: path.into(),
+            pool: None,
+            open_flags: Some(flags),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sqlite/src/lib.rs b/sqlite/src/lib.rs
index a5c1e2b9..0ea90eea 100644
--- a/sqlite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sqlite/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ impl managed::Manager for Manager {
 
     async fn create(&self) -> Result<Self::Type, Self::Error> {
         let path = self.config.path.clone();
-        SyncWrapper::new(self.runtime, move || rusqlite::Connection::open(path)).await
+        let flags = self.config.open_flags.unwrap_or_default();
+        SyncWrapper::new(self.runtime, move || {
+            rusqlite::Connection::open_with_flags(path, flags)
+        })
+        .await
     }
 
     async fn recycle(
diff --git a/sqlite/tests/sqlite.rs b/sqlite/tests/sqlite.rs
index 7caac13a..b6479eff 100644
--- a/sqlite/tests/sqlite.rs
+++ b/sqlite/tests/sqlite.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ fn create_pool() -> Pool {
     let cfg = Config {
         path: "db.sqlite3".into(),
         pool: None,
+        open_flags: None,
     };
     cfg.create_pool(Runtime::Tokio1).unwrap()
 }