diff --git a/src/js/internal/sql/sqlite.ts b/src/js/internal/sql/sqlite.ts
index 6ab1c8fa156d..80e8318e0517 100644
--- a/src/js/internal/sql/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/js/internal/sql/sqlite.ts
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ class SQLiteAdapter implements DatabaseAdapter<BunSQLiteModule.Database, BunSQLi
   public storedError: Error | null = null;
   private _closed: boolean = false;
   public queries: Set<Query<any, any>> = new Set();
+  /// One entry per begin() whose callback is still running; close() rejects them.
+  private closeHandlers: Set<(err: Error) => void> = new Set();
 
   constructor(connectionInfo: Bun.SQL.__internal.DefinedSQLiteOptions) {
     this.connectionInfo = connectionInfo;
@@ -474,6 +476,15 @@ class SQLiteAdapter implements DatabaseAdapter<BunSQLiteModule.Database, BunSQLi
       const onclose = this.connectionInfo.onclose;
       if (onclose) onclose(this.storedError);
     } catch {}
+
+    const closeHandlers = this.closeHandlers;
+    if (closeHandlers.size > 0) {
+      this.closeHandlers = new Set();
+      const err = this.connectionClosedError();
+      for (const handler of closeHandlers) {
+        handler(err);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   flush() {
@@ -497,6 +508,15 @@ class SQLiteAdapter implements DatabaseAdapter<BunSQLiteModule.Database, BunSQLi
   getConnectionForQuery(connection: BunSQLiteModule.Database): BunSQLiteModule.Database {
     return connection;
   }
+
+  attachConnectionCloseHandler(_connection: BunSQLiteModule.Database, handler: (err: Error) => void): void {
+    this.closeHandlers.add(handler);
+  }
+
+  detachConnectionCloseHandler(_connection: BunSQLiteModule.Database, handler: (err: Error) => void): void {
+    this.closeHandlers.delete(handler);
+  }
+
   array(_values: any[], _typeNameOrID?: number | ArrayType): SQLArrayParameter {
     throw new Error("SQLite doesn't support arrays");
   }
diff --git a/test/js/sql/sqlite-sql.test.ts b/test/js/sql/sqlite-sql.test.ts
index ed0567c186fb..fd90f0cddd0c 100644
--- a/test/js/sql/sqlite-sql.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/sql/sqlite-sql.test.ts
@@ -2080,6 +2080,50 @@ describe("Connection management", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test("close() rejects a begin() whose callback is still running", async () => {
+    const sql = new SQL("sqlite://:memory:");
+    const started = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+    const begin = sql.begin(async tx => {
+      await tx`SELECT 1`;
+      started.resolve();
+      await new Promise(() => {});
+    });
+    const rejection = begin.catch(err => err);
+
+    await started.promise;
+    await sql.close();
+
+    // Like postgres and mysql after a forced close: begin() is settled by the time close() resolves.
+    expect(Bun.peek.status(begin)).toBe("rejected");
+    expect(await rejection).toMatchObject({
+      name: "SQLiteError",
+      code: "ERR_SQLITE_CONNECTION_CLOSED",
+      message: "Connection closed",
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("a begin() callback that outlives close() gets ERR_SQLITE_CONNECTION_CLOSED from its queries", async () => {
+    const sql = new SQL("sqlite://:memory:");
+    const started = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+    const closed = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+    const queryAfterClose = Promise.withResolvers<unknown>();
+    const begin = sql.begin(async tx => {
+      await tx`SELECT 1`;
+      started.resolve();
+      await closed.promise;
+      queryAfterClose.resolve(tx`SELECT 2`.catch(err => err));
+    });
+    const rejection = begin.catch(err => err);
+
+    await started.promise;
+    await sql.close();
+    closed.resolve();
+
+    const connectionClosed = { name: "SQLiteError", code: "ERR_SQLITE_CONNECTION_CLOSED" };
+    expect(await queryAfterClose.promise).toMatchObject(connectionClosed);
+    expect(await rejection).toMatchObject(connectionClosed);
+  });
+
   test("reserve throws for SQLite", async () => {
     const sql = new SQL("sqlite://:memory:");