diff --git a/databases/py-sqlite3/Makefile b/databases/py-sqlite3/Makefile
index 168a5f8cbb0d..8baa11da345c 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-sqlite3/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ post-extract:
 .endif
 
 post-install:
-	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_LIBDIR}/lib-dynload/_sqlite3*.so
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_LIBDIR}/lib-dynload/_sqlite3*.so
+
+do-test:
+	@${PYTHON_CMD} -c 'import sqlite3'  # minimal smoke test
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-sqlite3/files/setup3.py b/databases/py-sqlite3/files/setup3.py
index 7407503ceb54..944c89920852 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlite3/files/setup3.py
+++ b/databases/py-sqlite3/files/setup3.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ major, minor = map(int, platform.python_version_tuple()[:2])
 if (major, minor) <= (3, 10):
     sqlite_srcs.append('_sqlite/cache.c',)
 
+if (major, minor) >= (3, 11):
+    sqlite_srcs.append('_sqlite/blob.c',)
+
 try:
     import ctypes
     ctypes.CDLL('libsqlite3.so').sqlite3_load_extension