diff --git a/modules/lang/org/doctor.el b/modules/lang/org/doctor.el
index 412afa510..1ebfb3f9d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/doctor.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/doctor.el
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
     (warn! "Couldn't find gnuplot. org-plot/gnuplot will not work")))
 
 (when (featurep! +roam)
+  (unless (executable-find "sqlite3")
+    (warn! "Couldn't find the sqlite3 executable. org-roam will not work."))
   (unless (executable-find "dot")
     (warn! "Couldn't find the dot executable (from graphviz). org-roam will not be able to generate graph visuallizations.")))