diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 844c67172..f324cfc2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ install:
 	cd weed; go install
 
 full_install:
-	cd weed; go install -tags "elastic gocdk"
+	cd weed; go install -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite"
diff --git a/weed/filer/sqlite/doc.go b/weed/filer/sqlite/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..833addf54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filer/sqlite/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+
+Package sqlite is for sqlite filer store.
+
+The referenced "modernc.org/sqlite" library is too big when compiled.
+So this is only compiled in "make full_install".
+
+*/
+package sqlite
diff --git a/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store.go b/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store.go
index ca9d38786..70a4bf390 100644
--- a/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store.go
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-//go:build linux || darwin || windows
+//go:build (linux || darwin || windows) && sqlite
 // +build linux darwin windows
+// +build sqlite
 
 // limited GOOS due to modernc.org/libc/unistd
 
diff --git a/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store_unsupported.go b/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store_unsupported.go
index 0fba1ea33..351d2e501 100644
--- a/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store_unsupported.go
+++ b/weed/filer/sqlite/sqlite_store_unsupported.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build !linux && !darwin && !windows && !s390 && !ppc64le && !mips64
-// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!s390,!ppc64le,!mips64
+//go:build !linux && !darwin && !windows && !s390 && !ppc64le && !mips64 && !sqlite
+// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!s390,!ppc64le,!mips64,!sqlite
 
 // limited GOOS due to modernc.org/libc/unistd