diff --git a/src/sqlite3.erl b/src/sqlite3.erl
index c3cf6ea..8977b8c 100644
--- a/src/sqlite3.erl
+++ b/src/sqlite3.erl
@@ -1072,12 +1072,36 @@ get_priv_dir() ->
     case code:priv_dir(sqlite3) of
         {error, bad_name} ->
             %% application isn't in path, fall back
-            {?MODULE, _, FileName} = code:get_object_code(?MODULE),
-            filename:join(filename:dirname(FileName), "../priv");
+            case is_escript() of
+                {true,Escript} ->
+                    io:format("Escript = ~p~n", [Escript]),
+                    {Pref,Suf} = lists:split(erlang:length(Escript), Which),
+                    io:format("Pref = ~p~n", [Pref]),
+                    io:format("Suf = ~p~n", [Suf]),
+                    RootDir = filename:dirname(filename:dirname(Pref)),
+                    AppsDir = filename:join(RootDir, "lib"),
+                    io:format("AppsDir = ~p~n", [AppsDir]),
+                    SqDir = filename:dirname(filename:dirname(Suf)),
+                    filename:join([AppsDir, [$.|SqDir], "priv"]); % prepend "." to suffix that starts with "/"
+                false ->
+                    {?MODULE, _, FileName} = code:get_object_code(?MODULE),
+                    filename:join(filename:dirname(FileName), "../priv")
+            end;
         Dir ->
             Dir
     end.
 
+is_escript() ->
+    case erlang:function_exported(escript, script_name, 0) of
+        true ->
+            try
+                {true, filename:absname(escript:script_name())}
+            catch
+                _:_ -> false
+            end;
+        false -> false
+    end.
+
 -define(SQL_EXEC_COMMAND, 2).
 -define(SQL_CREATE_FUNCTION, 3).
 -define(SQL_BIND_AND_EXEC_COMMAND, 4).