diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index afa25c6548..2c8fc97731 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Do not display &quot;View user notes&quot; and &quot;Warn user&quot; links in user profile if corresponding MCP modules are disabled. (Bug #10519 - Patch by rxu)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Empty error message in UCP folder management when creating folder without name (Bug #39875 - Patch by nickvergessen)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Wrong description in UCP group managment implicates missing feature (Bug #19945 - Patch by nickvergessen)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Do not throw an error when PDO is a shared module and not loaded preventing SQLite from being loaded.</li>
 		<li>[Change] Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.</li>
 		<li>[Change] Add index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries. (Bug #44665 - Patch by bantu)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Template engine now permits to a limited extent variable includes.</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
index 611b0a7bc3..42b9b4e318 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 */
 function can_load_dll($dll)
 {
+	// SQLite2 is a tricky thing, from 5.0.0 it requires PDO; if PDO is not loaded we must state that SQLite is unavailable
+	// as the installer doesn't understand that the extension has a prerequisite.
+    if ($dll == 'sqlite' && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', '>=') && !extension_loaded('pdo'))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 	return ((@ini_get('enable_dl') || strtolower(@ini_get('enable_dl')) == 'on') && (!@ini_get('safe_mode') || strtolower(@ini_get('safe_mode')) == 'off') && function_exists('dl') && @dl($dll . '.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX)) ? true : false;
 }