diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/DataAccessException.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/DataAccessException.java
index f93e8967d1..eed3be0fd7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/DataAccessException.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/DataAccessException.java
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ public class DataAccessException extends RuntimeException {
     public SQLStateClass sqlStateClass() {
         SQLException e = getCause(SQLException.class);
         if (e != null)
-            return SQLStateClass.fromCode(e.getSQLState());
+            if (e.getSQLState() != null)
+                return SQLStateClass.fromCode(e.getSQLState());
+            else if (e.getSQLState() == null && "org.sqlite.SQLiteException".equals(e.getClass().getName()))
+                return SQLStateClass.fromSQLiteVendorCode(e.getErrorCode());
 
         return SQLStateClass.NONE;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateClass.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateClass.java
index 4e09c5f194..16714704db 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateClass.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateClass.java
@@ -176,4 +176,21 @@ public enum SQLStateClass {
         SQLStateClass result = lookup.get(code.substring(0, 2));
         return result != null ? result : SQLStateClass.OTHER;
     }
+
+    static SQLStateClass fromSQLiteVendorCode(int errorCode) {
+
+        // See https://sqlite.org/c3ref/c_abort.html
+        // And https://sqlite.org/c3ref/c_abort_rollback.html
+        switch (errorCode & 0xFF) {
+            case 0:  return C00_SUCCESSFUL_COMPLETION;
+            case 3:  return C42_SYNTAX_ERROR_OR_ACCESS_RULE_VIOLATION;
+            case 18: return C22_DATA_EXCEPTION;
+            case 19: return C23_INTEGRITY_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION;
+            case 20: return C22_DATA_EXCEPTION;
+            case 27: return C01_WARNING;
+            case 28: return C01_WARNING;
+        }
+
+        return SQLStateClass.OTHER;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateSubclass.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateSubclass.java
index 8b924de62c..ed1c1143b3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateSubclass.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/exception/SQLStateSubclass.java
@@ -487,4 +487,21 @@ public enum SQLStateSubclass {
         else
             return SQLStateSubclass.OTHER;
     }
+
+    static SQLStateSubclass fromSQLiteVendorCode(int errorCode) {
+
+        // See https://sqlite.org/c3ref/c_abort.html
+        // And https://sqlite.org/c3ref/c_abort_rollback.html
+        switch (errorCode & 0xFF) {
+            case 0:  return C00000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+            case 3:  return C42000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+            case 18: return C22001_STRING_DATA_RIGHT_TRUNCATION;
+            case 19: return C23000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+            case 20: return C22000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+            case 27: return C01000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+            case 28: return C01000_NO_SUBCLASS;
+        }
+
+        return SQLStateSubclass.OTHER;
+    }
 }