Did you see the following snippet from sqlite3.h? Does this not provide for easily building a dll with your own preferred calling convention? /* ** Provide the ability to override linkage features of the interface. */ #ifndef SQLITE_EXTERN # define SQLITE_EXTERN extern #endif #ifndef SQLITE_API # define SQLITE_API #endif #ifndef SQLITE_CDECL # define SQLITE_CDECL #endif #ifndef SQLITE_APICALL # define SQLITE_APICALL #endif #ifndef SQLITE_STDCALL # define SQLITE_STDCALL SQLITE_APICALL #endif #ifndef SQLITE_CALLBACK # define SQLITE_CALLBACK #endif #ifndef SQLITE_SYSAPI # define SQLITE_SYSAPI #endif