diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py b/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
index 6c15edc..b344b37 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class SQLiteProvider(BaseProvider):
         cursor = conn.cursor()
 
         try:
-            cursor.execute("SELECT load_extension('mod_spatialite')")
+            cursor.execute("SELECT load_extension('mod_spatialite.so')")
             cursor.execute("PRAGMA table_info({})".format(self.table))
         except sqlite3.OperationalError as err:
             LOGGER.error('Extension loading error: {}'.format(err))