diff --git a/cgosqlite/cgosqlite.go b/cgosqlite/cgosqlite.go
index 9e530e0..fbb8b8e 100644
--- a/cgosqlite/cgosqlite.go
+++ b/cgosqlite/cgosqlite.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package cgosqlite
 
 #cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=2
 #cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_DQS=0
-#cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0
 #cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_WAL_SYNCHRONOUS=1
 #cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_LIKE_DOESNT_MATCH_BLOBS
 #cgo CFLAGS: -DSQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH=0
@@ -143,6 +142,10 @@ func (db *DB) TotalChanges() int {
 	return int(C.sqlite3_total_changes(db.db))
 }
 
+func (db *DB) MemoryUsed() int64 {
+	return int64(C.sqlite3_memory_used())
+}
+
 func (db *DB) ExtendedErrCode() sqliteh.Code {
 	return sqliteh.Code(C.sqlite3_extended_errcode(db.db))
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3ecd7d..bda515b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/tailscale/sqlite
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.25
diff --git a/sqlite_test.go b/sqlite_test.go
index a9f85d5..6a4b0f3 100644
--- a/sqlite_test.go
+++ b/sqlite_test.go
@@ -1540,15 +1540,31 @@ func TestConnLogger_read_tx(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestExpandedSQL(t *testing.T) {
+func getTestConn(t testing.TB) *conn {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	connector := Connector("file:"+t.TempDir()+"/test.db", nil, nil)
 	sqlConn, err := connector.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Connect: %v", err)
 	}
-	conn := sqlConn.(*conn)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { sqlConn.Close() })
+	return sqlConn.(*conn)
+}
+
+// Verify we didn't build with -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0.
+// We want memory stats.
+func TestDBMemoryUsed(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := getTestConn(t)
+	mem0 := conn.db.MemoryUsed()
+	if mem0 == 0 {
+		t.Error("MemoryUsed=0; want non-zero; did you build with -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0?")
+	}
+}
 
+func TestExpandedSQL(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := getTestConn(t)
+
+	ctx := t.Context()
 	sqlStmt, err := conn.PrepareContext(ctx, "SELECT ? + ?")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("PrepareContext: %v", err)
@@ -1567,4 +1583,14 @@ func TestExpandedSQL(t *testing.T) {
 	if got, want := stmt.stmt.ExpandedSQL(), "SELECT 6 + 7"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("wrong sql: got %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
+	mem0 := conn.db.MemoryUsed()
+	for range 100 {
+		if got, want := stmt.stmt.ExpandedSQL(), "SELECT 6 + 7"; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("wrong sql: got %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	mem1 := conn.db.MemoryUsed()
+	if mem1 > mem0 {
+		t.Errorf("memory leak detected: before=%v after=%v", mem0, mem1)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/sqliteh/sqliteh.go b/sqliteh/sqliteh.go
index 69b6a79..f4d5ed3 100644
--- a/sqliteh/sqliteh.go
+++ b/sqliteh/sqliteh.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type DB interface {
 	// TotalChanges is sqlite3_total_changes.
 	// https://sqlite.org/c3ref/total_changes.html
 	TotalChanges() int
+	// MemoryUsed is sqlite3_memory_used.
+	// https://sqlite.org/c3ref/memory_highwater.html
+	MemoryUsed() int64
 	// ExtendedErrCode is sqlite3_extended_errcode.
 	// https://sqlite.org/c3ref/errcode.html
 	ExtendedErrCode() Code