diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/parse.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/parse.rs
index 0530f4204c..96f6a148a3 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/parse.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/parse.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use percent_encoding::{percent_decode_str, percent_encode, AsciiSet};
 use url::Url;
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ use url::Url;
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::SqliteConnectOptions;
 
+use super::SqliteJournalMode;
+
 // https://www.sqlite.org/uri.html
 
 static IN_MEMORY_DB_SEQ: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
@@ -102,6 +105,31 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
 
                     "vfs" => options.vfs = Some(Cow::Owned(value.into_owned())),
 
+                    // The journal_mode query parameter specifies the journal mode to use for the database.
+                    // The default is DELETE, but WAL is recommended for most use cases.
+                    // See https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_mode
+                    // as journal_mode is not a standard query parameter, we prefix it with `_`
+                    "_journal_mode" => {
+                        if SqliteJournalMode::from_str(&value).is_err() {
+                            return Err(Error::Configuration(
+                                format!("unknown value {value:?} for `journal_mode`").into(),
+                            ));
+                        }
+                        options
+                            .pragmas
+                            .insert("journal_mode".into(), Some(value.into_owned().into()));
+                    }
+
+                    // The busy_timeout query parameter specifies the timeout to use when the database is busy.
+                    // the default is 5 seconds, but this can be changed to a shorter or longer duration.
+                    // See https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_busy_timeout
+                    // as busy_timeout is not a standard query parameter, we prefix it with `_`
+                    "_busy_timeout" => {
+                        if let Some(timeout) = parse_duration(&value) {
+                            options.busy_timeout = timeout;
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     _ => {
                         return Err(Error::Configuration(
                             format!("unknown query parameter `{key}` while parsing connection URL")
@@ -149,7 +177,6 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
             false => "private",
         };
         url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("cache", cache);
-
         if self.immutable {
             url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("immutable", "true");
         }
@@ -158,6 +185,16 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
             url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("vfs", vfs);
         }
 
+        if let Some(Some(journal_mode)) = self.pragmas.get("journal_mode") {
+            url.query_pairs_mut()
+                .append_pair("_journal_mode", journal_mode);
+        }
+
+        if !self.busy_timeout.is_zero() {
+            url.query_pairs_mut()
+                .append_pair("_busy_timeout", &format_duration(self.busy_timeout));
+        }
+
         url
     }
 }
@@ -180,6 +217,30 @@ impl FromStr for SqliteConnectOptions {
     }
 }
 
+type TimeUnitParser = (&'static str, fn(u64) -> Duration);
+
+// This function is used to parse the busy timeout from the URL query parameters.
+// as busy timeout should be short, we only support milliseconds and seconds
+fn parse_duration(s: &str) -> Option<Duration> {
+    static UNITS: [TimeUnitParser; 2] = [("ms", Duration::from_millis), ("s", Duration::from_secs)];
+    for (suffix, func) in UNITS.iter() {
+        let Some(suffix) = s.strip_suffix(suffix) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let value = suffix.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+        return Some(func(value));
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn format_duration(duration: Duration) -> String {
+    if duration.subsec_millis() == 0 {
+        format!("{}s", duration.as_secs())
+    } else {
+        format!("{}ms", duration.as_millis())
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_parse_in_memory() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let options: SqliteConnectOptions = "sqlite::memory:".parse()?;
@@ -221,7 +282,7 @@ fn test_parse_shared_in_memory() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[test]
 fn it_returns_the_parsed_url() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let url = "sqlite://test.db?mode=rw&cache=shared";
+    let url = "sqlite://test.db?mode=rw&cache=shared&_busy_timeout=5s";
     let options: SqliteConnectOptions = url.parse()?;
 
     let expected_url = Url::parse(url).unwrap();
@@ -229,3 +290,47 @@ fn it_returns_the_parsed_url() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn it_parse_journal_mode() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let url = "sqlite://test.db?_journal_mode=WAL";
+    let options: SqliteConnectOptions = url.parse()?;
+
+    let val = options.pragmas.get("journal_mode").cloned().flatten();
+    assert_eq!(val, Some(Cow::Owned("WAL".to_string())));
+
+    let format_url = options.build_url();
+    assert_eq!(
+        format_url.as_str(),
+        "sqlite://test.db?mode=rw&cache=private&_journal_mode=WAL&_busy_timeout=5s"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn it_should_return_error_for_invalid_journal_mode() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let url = "sqlite://test.db?_journal_mode=invalid";
+    let options: Result<SqliteConnectOptions, Error> = url.parse();
+
+    assert!(options.is_err());
+    assert_eq!(
+        options.unwrap_err().to_string(),
+        "error with configuration: unknown value \"invalid\" for `journal_mode`"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn it_should_parse_busy_timeout() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let url = "sqlite://test.db?_busy_timeout=1000ms";
+    let options: SqliteConnectOptions = url.parse()?;
+
+    assert_eq!(options.busy_timeout, Duration::from_millis(1000));
+
+    let format_url = options.build_url();
+    assert_eq!(
+        format_url.as_str(),
+        "sqlite://test.db?mode=rw&cache=private&_busy_timeout=1s"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}