diff --git a/compat/compat.go b/compat/compat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a3e3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/compat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package compat
+
+import "github.com/glebarez/go-sqlite"
+
+func init() {
+	sqlite.RegisterAsSQLITE3()
+}
diff --git a/sqlite.go b/sqlite.go
index 7f13b89..3e63143 100644
--- a/sqlite.go
+++ b/sqlite.go
@@ -1741,3 +1741,7 @@ func registerScalarFunction(
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func RegisterAsSQLITE3() {
+	sql.Register("sqlite3", newDriver())
+}