diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
index b661b8afb2c3e..5d0e000fb7184 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/encoding'
 
 module ActiveRecord
   module ConnectionAdapters #:nodoc: