diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Storage/SQLite/v2/SQLitePersistentStorageService.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Storage/SQLite/v2/SQLitePersistentStorageService.cs
index 7530be69cad0d..159ac34835bf8 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Storage/SQLite/v2/SQLitePersistentStorageService.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Storage/SQLite/v2/SQLitePersistentStorageService.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Composition;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ private static bool TryInitializeLibrariesLazy()
             catch (Exception e) when (e is DllNotFoundException or EntryPointNotFoundException)
             {
                 StorageDatabaseLogger.LogException(e);
+
+                // In debug also insta fail here.  That way if there is an issue with sqlite (for example with authoring,
+                // or with some particular configuration) that get CI coverage that reveals this.
+                Debug.Fail("Sqlite failed to load: " + e);
                 return false;
             }