diff --git a/projects/sqlite3/build.sh b/projects/sqlite3/build.sh
index 0454019b0..7fa3a5fb5 100755
--- a/projects/sqlite3/build.sh
+++ b/projects/sqlite3/build.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ cd bld
 
 export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
 # Limit max length of data blobs and sql queries to prevent irrelevant OOMs.
+# Also limit max memory page count to avoid creating large databases.
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQLITE_MAX_LENGTH=128000000 \
                -DSQLITE_MAX_SQL_LENGTH=128000000 \
-               -DSQLITE_PRINTF_PRECISION_LIMIT=128000000"
+               -DSQLITE_PRINTF_PRECISION_LIMIT=128000000 \
+               -DSQLITE_MAX_PAGE_COUNT=8092"
 ../configure
 make -j$(nproc)
 make sqlite3.c