diff --git a/Documentation/Index.md b/Documentation/Index.md
index 52d04c69..700deb9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Index.md
+++ b/Documentation/Index.md
@@ -111,8 +111,26 @@ install SQLite.swift with Carthage:
 
  3. Run `pod install`.
 
+ #### Requiring a specific version of SQLite
+
+ If you want to use a more recent version of SQLite than what is provided with the OS you can require the `standalone` subspec:
+
+``` ruby
+    pod 'SQLite.swift/standalone', '~> 0.10.1'
+```
+
+By default this will use the most recent version of SQLite without any extras. If you want you can further customize this by adding another dependency to sqlite3 or one of its subspecs:
+
+``` ruby
+    pod 'SQLite.swift/standalone', '~> 0.10.1'
+    pod 'sqlite3/fts5', '= 3.11.1'  # SQLite 3.11.1 with FTS5 enabled
+```
+
+See the [sqlite3 podspec][sqlite3pod] for more details.
+
 [CocoaPods]: https://cocoapods.org
 [CocoaPods Installation]: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#getting-started
+[sqlite3pod]: https://github.com/clemensg/sqlite3pod
 
 
 ### Manual
diff --git a/SQLite.swift.podspec b/SQLite.swift.podspec
index fe814100..6e5e25d5 100644
--- a/SQLite.swift.podspec
+++ b/SQLite.swift.podspec
@@ -24,19 +24,30 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.tvos.deployment_target = "9.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.9"
   s.watchos.deployment_target = "2.0"
+  s.default_subspec  = 'standard'
 
-  s.preserve_paths = 'CocoaPods/**/*'
-  s.pod_target_xcconfig = {
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=macosx*]'           => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/macosx',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=iphoneos*]'         => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/iphoneos',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]'  => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/iphonesimulator',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=appletvos*]'        => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/appletvos',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=appletvsimulator*]' => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/appletvsimulator',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=watchos*]'          => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/watchos',
-    'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=watchsimulator*]'   => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/watchsimulator'
-  }
-
-  s.libraries = 'sqlite3'
-  s.source_files = 'SQLite/**/*.{c,h,m,swift}'
-  s.private_header_files = 'SQLite/Core/fts3_tokenizer.h'
+  s.subspec 'standard' do |ss|
+    ss.source_files = 'SQLite/**/*.{c,h,m,swift}'
+    ss.private_header_files = 'SQLite/Core/fts3_tokenizer.h'
+
+    ss.library = 'sqlite3'
+    ss.preserve_paths = 'CocoaPods/**/*'
+    ss.pod_target_xcconfig = {
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=macosx*]'           => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/macosx',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=iphoneos*]'         => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/iphoneos',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]'  => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/iphonesimulator',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=appletvos*]'        => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/appletvos',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=appletvsimulator*]' => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/appletvsimulator',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=watchos*]'          => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/watchos',
+      'SWIFT_INCLUDE_PATHS[sdk=watchsimulator*]'   => '$(SRCROOT)/SQLite.swift/CocoaPods/watchsimulator'
+    }
+  end
+
+  s.subspec 'standalone' do |ss|
+    ss.source_files = 'SQLite/**/*.{c,h,m,swift}'
+    ss.private_header_files = 'SQLite/Core/fts3_tokenizer.h'
+    ss.xcconfig = { 'OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS' => '$(inherited) -DSQLITE_SWIFT_STANDALONE' }
+
+    ss.dependency 'sqlite3'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/SQLite/Core/Connection.swift b/SQLite/Core/Connection.swift
index 7d67b051..f4be7983 100644
--- a/SQLite/Core/Connection.swift
+++ b/SQLite/Core/Connection.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 //
 
 import Dispatch
+#if SQLITE_SWIFT_STANDALONE
+import sqlite3
+#else
 import CSQLite
+#endif
 
 /// A connection to SQLite.
 public final class Connection {
diff --git a/SQLite/Core/Statement.swift b/SQLite/Core/Statement.swift
index 39fb000d..9a4bfa1e 100644
--- a/SQLite/Core/Statement.swift
+++ b/SQLite/Core/Statement.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 //
 
+#if SQLITE_SWIFT_STANDALONE
+import sqlite3
+#else
 import CSQLite
+#endif
 
 /// A single SQL statement.
 public final class Statement {
diff --git a/SQLite/Helpers.swift b/SQLite/Helpers.swift
index 33fc6a62..cc6da27c 100644
--- a/SQLite/Helpers.swift
+++ b/SQLite/Helpers.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 //
 
+#if SQLITE_SWIFT_STANDALONE
+import sqlite3
+#else
 import CSQLite
+#endif
 
 public typealias Star = (Expression<Binding>?, Expression<Binding>?) -> Expression<Void>