diff --git a/sqlcipher/src/main/java/net/zetetic/database/SQLException.java b/sqlcipher/src/main/java/net/zetetic/database/SQLException.java
index 9952fd8..1b67f83 100644
--- a/sqlcipher/src/main/java/net/zetetic/database/SQLException.java
+++ b/sqlcipher/src/main/java/net/zetetic/database/SQLException.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * An exception that indicates there was an error with SQL parsing or execution.
  */
-public class SQLException extends RuntimeException {
+public class SQLException extends android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException {
     public SQLException() {
     }