diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
index a265d3ef3287ec4ab822198afff30132a733d1e1..f382d97174eccaa6432ae039ad978b02aaf783ab 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ namespace :db do
           ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config)
         when 'postgresql'
           `createdb "#{config['database']}" -E utf8`  
+        when 'sqlite'
+          `sqlite "#{config['database']}"`
+        when 'sqlite3'
+          `sqlite3 "#{config['database']}"`
         end
       end
     end
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ namespace :db do
     case config['adapter']
     when 'mysql'
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection.drop_database config['database']
-    when 'sqlite3'
+    when /^sqlite/
       FileUtils.rm_f File.join(RAILS_ROOT, config['database'])
     when 'postgresql'
       `dropdb "#{config['database']}"`