diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b95996f4..7aea32a0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
         endif()
     else()
         find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
-        message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
+        message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library ${SQLite3_VERSION} (${SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIRS})")
+        # TODO: shouldn't be needed:
+        include_directories(${SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
         target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
         if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
             set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
diff --git a/examples/example1/main.cpp b/examples/example1/main.cpp
index 9c2b3616..c0e9a2de 100644
--- a/examples/example1/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/example1/main.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int main()
 {
     // Using SQLITE_VERSION would require #include <sqlite3.h> which we want to avoid: use SQLite::VERSION if possible.
 //  std::cout << "SQlite3 version " << SQLITE_VERSION << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "SQlite3 version " << SQLite::VERSION << " (" << SQLite::getLibVersion() << ")" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "SQlite3 compile time header version " << SQLite::VERSION << " (vs dynamic lib version " << SQLite::getLibVersion() << ")" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "SQliteC++ version " << SQLITECPP_VERSION << std::endl;
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/tests/Database_test.cpp b/tests/Database_test.cpp
index ec9adefa..12180d9f 100644
--- a/tests/Database_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/Database_test.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void assertion_failed(const char* apFile, const long apLine, const char* apFunc,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE
+// TODO test #ifdef SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE
 TEST(SQLiteCpp, version)
 {
     EXPECT_STREQ(SQLITE_VERSION,        SQLite::VERSION);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ TEST(SQLiteCpp, version)
     EXPECT_STREQ(SQLITE_VERSION,        SQLite::getLibVersion());
     EXPECT_EQ   (SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER, SQLite::getLibVersionNumber());
 }
-#endif
+// TODO test #endif
 
 TEST(Database, ctorExecCreateDropExist)
 {
@@ -559,7 +559,13 @@ TEST(Database, getHeaderInfo)
         EXPECT_EQ(h.databaseTextEncoding, 1);
         EXPECT_EQ(h.incrementalVaccumMode, 0);
         EXPECT_EQ(h.versionValidFor, 3);
-        EXPECT_EQ(h.sqliteVersion, SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER);
+// TODO on macOS it seems that the SQLITE_VERSION from sqlite3.h doesn't match the getLibVersion() from the DLL 
+#if defined(SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE) && defined(__APPLE__)
+        EXPECT_EQ(h.sqliteVersion, static_cast<unsigned long>(SQLite::getLibVersionNumber()));
+#else
+        EXPECT_EQ(h.sqliteVersion, static_cast<unsigned long>(SQLite::getLibVersionNumber()));
+        EXPECT_EQ(h.sqliteVersion, SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER);
+#endif  && !defined(__APPLE__)
     }
     remove("test.db3");
 }