diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/install.php b/phpBB/language/en/install.php
index 1ee2fa525c..f7d9f58d43 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/install.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/install.php
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'INST_ERR_DB_NO_NAME'			=> 'No database name specified.',
 	'INST_ERR_DB_FORUM_PATH'		=> 'The database file specified is within your board directory tree. You should put this file in a non web-accessible location.',
 	'INST_ERR_DB_CONNECT'			=> 'Could not connect to the database, see error message below.',
+	'INST_ERR_DB_NO_WRITABLE'		=> 'Both the database and the directory containing it must be writable.',
 	'INST_ERR_DB_NO_ERROR'			=> 'No error message given.',
 	'INST_ERR_PREFIX'				=> 'Tables with the specified prefix already exist, please choose an alternative.',
 	'INST_ERR_DB_NO_MYSQLI'			=> 'The version of MySQL installed on this machine is incompatible with the “MySQL with MySQLi Extension” option you have selected. Please try the “MySQL” option instead.',
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/install/helper/database.php b/phpBB/phpbb/install/helper/database.php
index 192f0a3654..59b86a8ca7 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/install/helper/database.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/install/helper/database.php
@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ class database
 			);
 		}
 
+		// Check if SQLite database is writable
+		if ($dbms_info['SCHEMA'] === 'sqlite'
+			&& (!$this->filesystem->is_writable($dbhost) || !$this->filesystem->is_writable(pathinfo($dbhost, PATHINFO_DIRNAME))))
+		{
+			$errors[] = array(
+				'title' =>'INST_ERR_DB_NO_WRITABLE',
+			);
+		}
+
 		// Try to connect to db
 		if (is_array($db->sql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $dbport, false, true)))
 		{