diff --git a/tests/mtouch/MTouch.cs b/tests/mtouch/MTouch.cs
index b91b15078090..05c2a56202f6 100644
--- a/tests/mtouch/MTouch.cs
+++ b/tests/mtouch/MTouch.cs
@@ -2172,6 +2172,34 @@ public void MT2015 ()
 			}
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void AutoLinkWithSqlite ()
+		{
+			using (var mtouch = new MTouchTool ()) {
+				mtouch.Profile = Profile.iOS;
+				mtouch.CreateTemporaryApp (code: @"
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Foundation;
+using ObjCRuntime;
+
+[assembly: LinkWith (ForceLoad = true)]
+
+[Preserve (AllMembers = true)]
+public class TestApp {
+	[DllImport (""sqlite3"")]
+	static extern void sqlite3_exec ();
+
+	static void Main ()
+	{
+		System.Console.WriteLine (typeof (ObjCRuntime.Runtime).ToString ());
+	}
+}
+");
+				mtouch.Linker = MTouchLinker.DontLink; // just to make the test run faster.
+				mtouch.AssertExecute (MTouchAction.BuildSim, "build");
+			}
+		}
+
 #region Helper functions
 		static string CompileUnifiedTestAppExecutable (string targetDirectory, string code = null, string extraArg = "")
 		{
diff --git a/tools/common/Assembly.cs b/tools/common/Assembly.cs
index 1cc10d2fc5d2..715adaa43510 100644
--- a/tools/common/Assembly.cs
+++ b/tools/common/Assembly.cs
@@ -334,16 +334,16 @@ public void ComputeLinkerFlags ()
 					case "libsystem_kernel":
 						break;
 					case "sqlite3":
-						if (LinkWith == null)
-							LinkWith = new List<string> ();
-						LinkWith.Add ("-lsqlite3");
+						if (LinkerFlags == null)
+							LinkerFlags = new List<string> ();
+						LinkerFlags.Add ("-lsqlite3");
 						Driver.Log (3, "Linking with {0} because it's referenced by a module reference in {1}", file, FileName);
 						break;
 					case "libsqlite3":
 						// remove lib prefix
-						if (LinkWith == null)
-							LinkWith = new List<string> ();
-						LinkWith.Add ("-l" + file.Substring (3));
+						if (LinkerFlags == null)
+							LinkerFlags = new List<string> ();
+						LinkerFlags.Add ("-l" + file.Substring (3));
 						Driver.Log (3, "Linking with {0} because it's referenced by a module reference in {1}", file, FileName);
 					break;
 					case "libGLES":