diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59df3ba2f..d05144e5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 1.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.9.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rusqlite 0.19.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rusqlite 0.19.0 (git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text)",
  "rustyline 4.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.97 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text#ecaecfe3b1df28fbf3750ae404630cf350df6c32"
 dependencies = [
  "cc 1.0.37 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "r2d2 0.8.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rusqlite 0.19.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rusqlite 0.19.0 (git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1902,12 +1902,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rusqlite"
 version = "0.19.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+source = "git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text#ecaecfe3b1df28fbf3750ae404630cf350df6c32"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fallible-iterator 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fallible-streaming-iterator 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libsqlite3-sys 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libsqlite3-sys 0.16.0 (git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text)",
  "lru-cache 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memchr 2.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bc5729f27f159ddd61f4df6228e827e86643d4d3e7c32183cb30a1c08f604a14"
 "checksum lettre 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c66afaa5dfadbb81d4e00fd1d1ab057c7cd4c799c5a44e0009386d553587e728"
 "checksum libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d44e80633f007889c7eff624b709ab43c92d708caad982295768a7b13ca3b5eb"
-"checksum libsqlite3-sys 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "72b1e07fcc60484f42e246f0cf1f133940c98117c81b2cefcdf71be288069680"
+"checksum libsqlite3-sys 0.16.0 (git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text)" = "<none>"
 "checksum linked-hash-map 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ae91b68aebc4ddb91978b11a1b02ddd8602a05ec19002801c5666000e05e0f83"
 "checksum lock_api 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "62ebf1391f6acad60e5c8b43706dde4582df75c06698ab44511d15016bc2442c"
 "checksum lock_api 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ed946d4529956a20f2d63ebe1b69996d5a2137c91913fe3ebbeff957f5bca7ff"
@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum reqwest 0.9.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1d0777154c2c3eb54f5c480db01de845652d941e47191277cc673634c3853939"
 "checksum ripemd160 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ad5112e0dbbb87577bfbc56c42450235e3012ce336e29c5befd7807bd626da4a"
 "checksum rsa 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6ad8d3632f6745bb671c8637e2aa44015537c5e384789d2ea3235739301ed1e0"
-"checksum rusqlite 0.19.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6ebca2e7e3deb7241b7fa5929c088548c590728b1b740c479594c23f813eb8a7"
+"checksum rusqlite 0.19.0 (git+http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite?branch=fix/text)" = "<none>"
 "checksum rustc-demangle 0.1.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a7f4dccf6f4891ebcc0c39f9b6eb1a83b9bf5d747cb439ec6fba4f3b977038af"
 "checksum rustc_version 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "138e3e0acb6c9fb258b19b67cb8abd63c00679d2851805ea151465464fe9030a"
 "checksum rustyline 4.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0f47ea1ceb347d2deae482d655dc8eef4bd82363d3329baffa3818bd76fea48b"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 741425119..2865fe893 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ members = [
   "deltachat-ffi"
 ]
 
+[patch.crates-io]
+rusqlite = { git = "http://github.com/dignifiedquire/rusqlite", branch = "fix/text", features = ["bundled"] }
+
+
 [[example]]
 name = "simple"
 path = "examples/simple.rs"