diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 48567b662be..e31884b467d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ ifeq (,$(MODULE_DBTEXT_INCLUDED))
 else
 	DBTEXTON=yes
 endif
+MODULE_SQLITE_INCLUDED=$(shell echo $(modules)| grep db_sqlite )
+ifeq (,$(MODULE_SQLITE_INCLUDED))
+	SQLITEON=no
+else
+	SQLITEON=yes
+endif
 MODULE_RADIUSDEP_INCLUDED=$(shell echo $(modules)| grep _radius )
 ifeq (,$(MODULE_RADIUSDEP_INCLUDED))
 	RADIUSDEPON=no
@@ -834,6 +840,29 @@ install-modules-tools: $(bin-prefix)/$(bin-dir)
 				fi ;\
 			done ;\
 		fi
+		# install SQLITE stuff
+		if [ "$(SQLITEON)" = "yes" ]; then \
+			mkdir -p $(modules-prefix)/$(lib-dir)/opensipsctl ; \
+			sed -e "s#/usr/local/sbin#$(bin-target)#g" \
+				< scripts/opensipsctl.sqlite > /tmp/opensipsctl.sqlite ; \
+			$(INSTALL_CFG) /tmp/opensipsctl.sqlite \
+				$(modules-prefix)/$(lib-dir)/opensipsctl/opensipsctl.sqlite ; \
+			rm -fr /tmp/opensipsctl.sqlite ; \
+			sed -e "s#/usr/local/share/opensips#$(data-target)#g" \
+				< scripts/opensipsdbctl.sqlite > /tmp/opensipsdbctl.sqlite ; \
+			$(INSTALL_TOUCH) $(modules-prefix)/$(lib-dir)/opensipsctl/opensipsdbctl.sqlite ; \
+			$(INSTALL_CFG) /tmp/opensipsdbctl.sqlite $(modules-prefix)/$(lib-dir)/opensipsctl/ ; \
+			rm -fr /tmp/opensipsdbctl.sqlite ; \
+			mkdir -p $(data-prefix)/$(data-dir)/sqlite ; \
+			for FILE in $(wildcard scripts/sqlite/*) ; do \
+				if [ -f $$FILE ] ; then \
+				$(INSTALL_TOUCH) $$FILE \
+					$(data-prefix)/$(data-dir)/sqlite/`basename "$$FILE"` ; \
+				$(INSTALL_CFG) $$FILE \
+					$(data-prefix)/$(data-dir)/sqlite/`basename "$$FILE"` ; \
+				fi ;\
+			done ; \
+		fi
 
 
 .PHONY: install-doc install-app-doc install-modules-doc
diff --git a/scripts/opensipsctl b/scripts/opensipsctl
index 367d2deaa1f..fffde93cfb8 100755
--- a/scripts/opensipsctl
+++ b/scripts/opensipsctl
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ else
 	exit -1
 fi
 
+##### ------------------------------------------------ #####
+### define default parameters that may be overridden by
+### different database engines
+#
+now="now()"
+
 #
 ##### ------------------------------------------------ #####
 ### DBENGINE
@@ -113,6 +119,13 @@ case $DBENGINE in
 			DBENGINELOADED=1
 		fi
 		;;
+	SQLITE|db_sqlite|SQLITE|sqlite)
+	        if [ -f "$MYLIBDIR/opensipsctl.sqlite" ]; then
+			. "$MYLIBDIR/opensipsctl.sqlite"
+		        DBENGINELOADED=1
+                        now="datetime('now','localtime')"
+		fi
+                ;;
 
 esac
 
@@ -305,7 +318,7 @@ acl() {
 
 				QUERY="insert into $ACL_TABLE ($ACL_USER_COLUMN,\
 $ACL_GROUP_COLUMN,$ACL_MODIFIED_COLUMN,$ACL_DOMAIN_COLUMN ) values \
-('$OSIPSUSER','$1', now(), '$OSIPSDOMAIN' );"
+('$OSIPSUSER','$1', $now, '$OSIPSDOMAIN' );"
 				$DBCMD "$QUERY"
 				if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 					merr "acl - SQL Error"
@@ -1007,7 +1020,7 @@ domain() {
 				exit 0
 			fi
 			QUERY="insert into $DOMAIN_TABLE ($DO_DOMAIN_COLUMN, \
-			$DO_LAST_MODIFIED_COLUMN) VALUES ('$1',now());"
+			$DO_LAST_MODIFIED_COLUMN) VALUES ('$1',$now);"
 			$DBCMD "$QUERY"
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 				merr "domain - SQL Error"
diff --git a/scripts/opensipsctl.sqlite b/scripts/opensipsctl.sqlite
index ff241a20c13..5098c2c197d 100644
--- a/scripts/opensipsctl.sqlite
+++ b/scripts/opensipsctl.sqlite
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #===================================================================
 
 ##### ----------------------------------------------- #####
-### MySQL specific variables and functions
+### SQLITE specific variables and functions
 #
 
 ##### ----------------------------------------------- #####
@@ -22,14 +22,22 @@ fi
 ##### ----------------------------------------------- #####
 ### binaries
 if [ -z "$SQLITE" ] ; then
-	locate_tool mysql
+	locate_tool sqlite3
 	if [ -z "$TOOLPATH" ] ; then
-		echo "error: 'mysql' tool not found: set MYSQL variable to correct tool path"
+		echo "error: 'sqlite' tool not found: set SQLITE variable to correct tool path"
 		exit
 	fi
 	SQLITE="$TOOLPATH"
 fi
 
-DBCMD=sqlite3
+# input: sql query, optional pgsql command-line params
+sqlite_query() {
+        # if password not yet queried, query it now
+        mecho "sqlite_query: $SQLITE $DB_PATH '$1'"
+        $SQLITE $DB_PATH "$1"
+}
+
+
+DBCMD=sqlite_query
 DBRAWPARAMS=""
 
diff --git a/scripts/opensipsctlrc b/scripts/opensipsctlrc
index 9338976041f..63664c67df6 100644
--- a/scripts/opensipsctlrc
+++ b/scripts/opensipsctlrc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ## chrooted directory
 # $CHROOT_DIR="/path/to/chrooted/directory"
 
-## database type: MYSQL, PGSQL, ORACLE, DB_BERKELEY, or DBTEXT, 
+## database type: MYSQL, PGSQL, ORACLE, DB_BERKELEY, DBTEXT, or SQLITE
 ## by default none is loaded
 # If you want to setup a database with opensipsdbctl, you must at least specify
 # this parameter.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ## database name (for ORACLE this is TNS name)
 # DBNAME=opensips
 
-# database path used by dbtext or db_berkeley
+# database path used by dbtext, db_berkeley, or sqlite
 # DB_PATH="/usr/local/etc/opensips/dbtext"
 
 ## database read/write user
diff --git a/scripts/opensipsdbctl.sqlite b/scripts/opensipsdbctl.sqlite
index acce34aa8d8..8a531b4c2d4 100644
--- a/scripts/opensipsdbctl.sqlite
+++ b/scripts/opensipsdbctl.sqlite
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id$
 #
-# Script for adding and dropping OpenSIPS MySQL tables
+# Script for adding and dropping OpenSIPS SQLITE tables
 #
 # History:
 # 2006-04-07  removed gen_ha1 dependency - use md5sum;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # path to the database schemas
 DATA_DIR="/usr/local/share/opensips"
-if [ -d "$DATA_DIR/sqlie" ]; then
+if [ -d "$DATA_DIR/sqlite" ]; then
 	DB_SCHEMA="$DATA_DIR/sqlite"
 elif [ -d "scripts/mysql" ]; then
 	DB_SCHEMA="scripts/sqlite"
@@ -30,26 +30,10 @@ fi
 # config vars
 #################################################################
 
-# full privileges MySQL user
-if [ -z "$DBROOTUSER" ]; then
-	DBROOTUSER="root"
-fi
-
-
 # path to the db_sqlite database
 if [ -z "$DB_PATH" ]; then
 	DB_PATH="/usr/local/etc/opensips/sqlite"
 fi
-# Uncomment this to set the database root password if you want to run this 
-# script without any user prompt. This is unsafe, but useful e.g. for 
-# automatic testing.
-#PW=""
-
-if ! [ -z "$DBPORT" ]; then
-	PORT_OPT="-P$DBPORT"
-else
-	PORT_OPT=
-fi
 
 CMD="sqlite3"
 DUMP_CMD=".dump"
@@ -59,13 +43,6 @@ DUMP_CMD=".dump"
 # read password
 prompt_pw()
 {
-#	savetty=`stty -g`
-#	echo -n "SQLITE password for $DBROOTUSER: "
-#	stty -echo
-#	read PW
-#	stty $savetty
-#	echo
-#	export PW
 	echo "SQLITE does not use password"
 }
 
@@ -75,23 +52,13 @@ sql_query()
 {
 	if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
 		if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-			DB="$1" # no quoting, mysql client don't like this
+			DB="$1"
 		else
 			DB=""
 		fi
 		shift
-#		if [ -n "$PW" ]; then
-#			$CMD "-p$PW" $DB -Bse "$@"
-#		else
-#			$CMD $DB -Bse "$@"
-#		fi
 		$CMD $DB "$@"
 	else
-#		if [ -n "$PW" ]; then
-#			$CMD "-p$PW" -Bs "$@"
-#		else
-#			$CMD -Bs "$@"
-#		fi
 		merr "sqlite3 requires db name"
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/osipsconsolerc b/scripts/osipsconsolerc
index e55108b0ba8..f2619df7474 100644
--- a/scripts/osipsconsolerc
+++ b/scripts/osipsconsolerc
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 ## your SIP domain
 # SIP_DOMAIN=opensips.org
 
-## database type: MYSQL, PGSQL, ORACLE, DB_BERKELEY, or DBTEXT, by default none is loaded
+## database type: MYSQL, PGSQL, ORACLE, DB_BERKELEY, DBTEXT, or SQLITE
+## by default none is loaded
 # If you want to setup a database with opensipsdbctl, you must at least specify
 # this parameter.
 # DBENGINE=MYSQL
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 ## database name (for ORACLE this is TNS name)
 # DBNAME=opensips
 
-## database path used by dbtext or db_berkeley
+## database path used by dbtext, db_berkeley, or sqlite
 # DB_PATH="/usr/local/etc/opensips/dbtext"
 
 ## database read/write user