diff --git a/src/sqlite.zig b/src/sqlite.zig
index 1099f48..9444752 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.zig
+++ b/src/sqlite.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-pub const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const std = @import("std");
 const util = @import("util.zig");
 const Value = @import("value.zig").Value;
 const Connection = @import("connection.zig").Connection;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub const SQLite3 = opaque {
         flags: c_int = c.SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | c.SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE | c.SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX | c.SQLITE_OPEN_EXRESCODE,
         busy_timeout: ?c_int = 5_000,
         foreign_keys: ?enum { off, on } = .on,
+        extensions: []const []const u8 = &.{},
     };
 
     pub fn open(options: Options) !*SQLite3 {
@@ -31,9 +33,43 @@ pub const SQLite3 = opaque {
             inline else => |t| db.execAll("PRAGMA foreign_keys = " ++ @tagName(t)) catch return error.ConnectionFailed,
         };
 
+        for (options.extensions) |ext| {
+            db.loadExtension(ext) catch return error.ConnectionFailed;
+        }
+
         return db;
     }
 
+    pub fn loadExtension(self: *SQLite3, name: []const u8) !void {
+        var err: ?[*:0]const u8 = null;
+        var buf: [255]u8 = undefined;
+        const sym = try std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&buf, "sqlite3_{s}_init", .{name});
+
+        switch (builtin.target.os.tag) {
+            .macos, .linux => {
+                const lib = dlopen(null, 1) orelse return error.LoadExtensionFailed;
+                defer _ = std.c.dlclose(lib);
+
+                if (std.c.dlsym(lib, sym)) |p| {
+                    // NOTE: Statically linked extensions should be compiled with -DSQLITE_CORE,
+                    //       in which case the sqlite3_api_routines parameter is unused.
+                    //       see https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/eaa50b866075f4c1a19065600e4f1bae059eb505/src/sqlite3ext.h#L712
+                    const init: *const fn (*c.sqlite3, *?[*:0]const u8, *const c.sqlite3_api_routines) callconv(.C) c_int = @ptrCast(@alignCast(p));
+                    return check(init(self.ptr(), &err, undefined));
+                }
+            },
+            else => {}, // TODO: Windows
+        }
+
+        if (comptime @hasField(c, "sqlite3_enable_load_extension")) {
+            const zName = try std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&buf, "{s}", .{name});
+            try check(c.sqlite3_load_extension(self.ptr(), zName, null, null));
+        } else {
+            util.log.err("SQLite extension loading is disabled", .{});
+            return error.LoadExtensionFailed;
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn execAll(self: *SQLite3, sql: []const u8) !void {
         const csql = try std.heap.c_allocator.dupeZ(u8, sql);
         defer std.heap.c_allocator.free(csql);
@@ -137,3 +173,6 @@ pub fn check(code: c_int) !void {
         else => error.DbError,
     };
 }
+
+// Because std.c.dlopen is wrong.
+extern "c" fn dlopen(path: ?[*:0]const u8, mode: c_int) ?*anyopaque;