diff --git a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ee9df3..c4a4785 100644
--- a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ endif (SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE)
 
 if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
     set_target_properties(sqlite3 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
+
+    # Put each function in its own section to allow the linker garbage
+    # collection to remove unused section and produced a smaller
+    # statically-lined executables.
+    target_compile_options(sqlite3 PRIVATE "-ffunction-sections")
 endif (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
 
 if (UNIX AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)