diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3ec89ce..7cd7725 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@
                              ]
         if CROSS_COMPILING:
             sqlite_inc_paths = []
-        MIN_SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER = (3, 3, 9)
+        MIN_SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER = (3, 7, 2)
         MIN_SQLITE_VERSION = ".".join([str(x)
                                     for x in MIN_SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER])