diff --git a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
index 41c8a17c2d251e23f7c2d6b27fbd2ff488c1c0e4..ed18a199bf2c08c8c046a8ad3e7f945b1340643e 100644
--- a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
+++ b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
@@ -489,7 +489,11 @@ impl Copilot {
             let node_path = node_runtime.binary_path().await?;
             ensure_node_version_for_copilot(&node_path).await?;
 
-            let arguments: Vec<OsString> = vec![server_path.into(), "--stdio".into()];
+            let arguments: Vec<OsString> = vec![
+                "--experimental-sqlite".into(),
+                server_path.into(),
+                "--stdio".into(),
+            ];
             let binary = LanguageServerBinary {
                 path: node_path,
                 arguments,