diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-14-16-18-49.bpo-40270.XVJzeG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-14-16-18-49.bpo-40270.XVJzeG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c23f7c9d37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-14-16-18-49.bpo-40270.XVJzeG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The included copy of sqlite3 on Windows is now compiled with the json
+extension. This allows the use of functions such as ``json_object``.
diff --git a/PCbuild/sqlite3.vcxproj b/PCbuild/sqlite3.vcxproj
index 90b4d3108fa..7351a6dda2c 100644
--- a/PCbuild/sqlite3.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/sqlite3.vcxproj
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(sqlite3Dir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS4;SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5;SQLITE_API=__declspec(dllexport);%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1;SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS4;SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5;SQLITE_API=__declspec(dllexport);%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningLevel>Level1</WarningLevel>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>