diff --git a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
index 31a1f0cac..f5935ee5c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ void SQLiteStmt::Use::exec()
     int r = step();
     assert(r != SQLITE_ROW);
     if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite statement '%s'", stmt.sql));
+        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite statement '%s'", sqlite3_expanded_sql(stmt.stmt)));
 }
 
 bool SQLiteStmt::Use::next()
 {
     int r = step();
     if (r != SQLITE_DONE && r != SQLITE_ROW)
-        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite query '%s'", stmt.sql));
+        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite query '%s'", sqlite3_expanded_sql(stmt.stmt)));
     return r == SQLITE_ROW;
 }