diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 74b191d..205f813 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@
 William Park
 Harri Pasanen
 Berker Peksag
+Andreas Pelme
 Bo Peng
 Joe Peterson
 Randy Pausch
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2e07923..4f14dcd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1009,6 +1009,9 @@
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #5033: Fix building of the sqlite3 extension module when the
+  SQLite library version has "beta" in it. Patch by Andreas Pelme.
+
 - Issue #3754: fix typo in pthread AC_CACHE_VAL.
 
 - Issue #17029: Let h2py search the multiarch system include directory.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d9898ff..6435834 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
                 with open(f) as file:
                     incf = file.read()
                 m = re.search(
-                    r'\s*.*#\s*.*define\s.*SQLITE_VERSION\W*"(.*)"', incf)
+                    r'\s*.*#\s*.*define\s.*SQLITE_VERSION\W*"([\d\.]*)"', incf)
                 if m:
                     sqlite_version = m.group(1)
                     sqlite_version_tuple = tuple([int(x)