diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/README.md b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/README.md
index 4294866..cb59246 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/README.md
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ In order to run Tornjak with simple HTTP Connection only, make sure you don't cr
 | `dataStore.sql.port`                                                                         | If 0 (default), it will auto set to 5432 for postgres and 3306 for mysql. Only used by those databases.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `0`                                                                                            |
 | `dataStore.sql.username`                                                                     | Only used when type != "sqlite3"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `spire`                                                                                        |
 | `dataStore.sql.password`                                                                     | Only used when type != "sqlite3"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `""`                                                                                           |
-| `dataStore.sql.options`                                                                      | Only used when type != "sqlite3"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `[]`                                                                                           |
+| `dataStore.sql.file`                                                                         | Data source file. Only used when type == "sqlite3"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `/run/spire/data/datastore.sqlite3`                                                            |
+| `dataStore.sql.options`                                                                      | takes an array of objects of form {<key>: <value>} to use when building the database connection string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `[]`                                                                                           |
 | `dataStore.sql.rootCAPath`                                                                   | Path to Root CA bundle (MySQL only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `""`                                                                                           |
 | `dataStore.sql.clientCertPath`                                                               | Path to client certificate (MySQL only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `""`                                                                                           |
 | `dataStore.sql.clientKeyPath`                                                                | Path to private key for client certificate (MySQL only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `""`                                                                                           |
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 58a392e..49c8e6e 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{- define "spire-server.config-sqlite-query" }}
+{{- $lst := list }}
+{{- range . }}
+{{- range $key, $value := . }}
+{{- $eValue := toString $value }}
+{{- $entry := printf "%s=%s" (urlquery $key) (urlquery $eValue) }}
+{{- $lst = append $lst $entry }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if gt (len $lst) 0 }}
+{{- printf "?%s" (join "&" (uniq $lst)) }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- define "spire-server.config-mysql-query" }}
 {{- $lst := list }}
 {{- range . }}
@@ -194,7 +208,8 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- $ropw := "" }}
 {{- if eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "sqlite3" }}
   {{- $_ := set $config "database_type" "sqlite3" }}
-  {{- $_ := set $config "connection_string" "/run/spire/data/datastore.sqlite3" }}
+  {{- $query := include "spire-server.config-sqlite-query" .Values.dataStore.sql.options }}
+  {{- $_ := set $config "connection_string" (printf "%s%s" .Values.dataStore.sql.file $query) }}
 {{- else if or (eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "mysql") (eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "aws_mysql") }}
   {{- if eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "mysql" }}
   {{-   $_ := set $config "database_type" "mysql" }}
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
index c113754..69bb392 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/values.yaml
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ dataStore:
     username: spire
     ## @param dataStore.sql.password Only used when type != "sqlite3"
     password: ""
-    ## @param dataStore.sql.options [array] Only used when type != "sqlite3"
+    ## @param dataStore.sql.file Data source file. Only used when type == "sqlite3"
+    file: "/run/spire/data/datastore.sqlite3"
+    ## @param dataStore.sql.options [array] takes an array of objects of form {<key>: <value>} to use when building the database connection string
     options: []
 
     ## @param dataStore.sql.rootCAPath Path to Root CA bundle (MySQL only)