diff --git a/lib/flutter_data.dart b/lib/flutter_data.dart
index 5157e820..ef3e8688 100644
--- a/lib/flutter_data.dart
+++ b/lib/flutter_data.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ library flutter_data;
 // import external packages
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:ffi';
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:isolate';
 import 'dart:math' show Random;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:inflection3/inflection3.dart' as inflection;
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path_helper;
 import 'package:riverpod/riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:sqlite3/open.dart';
 import 'package:sqlite3/sqlite3.dart';
 import 'package:state_notifier/state_notifier.dart';
 
diff --git a/lib/src/storage/local_storage.dart b/lib/src/storage/local_storage.dart
index 841d10bd..b9aacdcc 100644
--- a/lib/src/storage/local_storage.dart
+++ b/lib/src/storage/local_storage.dart
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class LocalStorage {
         await destroy();
       }
 
+      if (Platform.isWindows) {
+        open.overrideFor(OperatingSystem.windows, _openOnWindows);
+      }
+
       db = sqlite3.open(path, mutex: false);
 
       if (inIsolate) {
@@ -109,3 +113,12 @@ enum LocalStorageClearStrategy {
 final localStorageProvider = Provider<LocalStorage>(
   (ref) => LocalStorage(baseDirFn: () => ''),
 );
+
+// platforms
+
+DynamicLibrary _openOnWindows() {
+  final scriptDir = File(Platform.script.toFilePath()).parent;
+  final libraryNextToScript =
+      File(path_helper.join(scriptDir.path, 'sqlite3.dll'));
+  return DynamicLibrary.open(libraryNextToScript.path);
+}