diff -r 3a57eafd8401 Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c	Tue May 24 09:15:14 2016 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c	Thu Jun 02 17:29:57 2016 -0700
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
     self->thread_ident = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
 #endif
+    if (!check_same_thread && sqlite3_libversion_number() < 3003001) {
+        PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_NotSupportedError, "Shared connections not available");
+        return -1;
+    }
     self->check_same_thread = check_same_thread;
 
     self->function_pinboard = PyDict_New();