diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b1cba36..5e22975 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ gem 'rack-test'
 gem 'webrick'
 gem 'api_hammer'
 gem 'activerecord'
-platform(:mri) do
+platform(:mri, :truffleruby) do
   gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4' # loosen this in accordance with active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
 end
 platform(:jruby) do