diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/src/schema.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/src/schema.ts
index 395caefb13..a078a43c8b 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/src/schema.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function configureDatabase(db: DatabaseSync, path: string, journalMode: JournalM
   const { user_version: onDisk } = db.prepare('PRAGMA user_version').get() as { user_version: number }
   const { application_id: applicationId } = db.prepare('PRAGMA application_id').get() as { application_id: number }
   const { count: userObjectCount } = db.prepare(
-    "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM sqlite_schema WHERE name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%'",
+    "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM sqlite_schema WHERE name NOT GLOB 'sqlite_*'",
   ).get() as { count: number }
   if (onDisk === 0 && (applicationId !== 0 || userObjectCount > 0)) {
     throw new Error(`session database at "${path}" has an unversioned schema or application identity`)
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
index 886a9ff91f..a7f3ae2f05 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,23 @@ describe('SessionPersistenceSqlite: durability and crash semantics', () => {
     unchanged.close()
   })
 
+  it('counts a sqliteX table as user-owned instead of mistaking it for SQLite metadata', async () => {
+    const path = await freshDbPath()
+    const unrelated = new DatabaseSync(path)
+    unrelated.exec('CREATE TABLE sqliteX (value TEXT)')
+    unrelated.exec("INSERT INTO sqliteX VALUES ('safe')")
+    unrelated.close()
+
+    expect(() => openDatabase(path, 'wal')).toThrow(/unversioned schema or application identity/)
+
+    const unchanged = new DatabaseSync(path)
+    expect(unchanged.prepare('SELECT value FROM sqliteX').get()).toEqual({ value: 'safe' })
+    expect(unchanged.prepare('PRAGMA application_id').get()).toEqual({ application_id: 0 })
+    expect(unchanged.prepare('PRAGMA user_version').get()).toEqual({ user_version: 0 })
+    expect(unchanged.prepare('PRAGMA journal_mode').get()).toEqual({ journal_mode: 'delete' })
+    unchanged.close()
+  })
+
   it('rejects view-only and foreign-application unversioned databases without mutation', async () => {
     const viewPath = await freshDbPath()
     const viewOnly = new DatabaseSync(viewPath)
diff --git a/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/src/schema.ts b/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/src/schema.ts
index 9d92247708..47f6374ba6 100644
--- a/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/src/schema.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export async function openSearchDatabase(path: string, journalMode: JournalMode)
 
 function listUserTables(db: DatabaseSync): string[] {
   const rows = db.prepare(
-    "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%' ORDER BY name",
+    "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name NOT GLOB 'sqlite_*' ORDER BY name",
   ).all() as Array<{ name: string }>
   return rows.map(row => row.name)
 }
diff --git a/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts b/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
index 1923c6f3eb..1812a85428 100644
--- a/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite/tests/sqlite.spec.ts
@@ -1148,6 +1148,26 @@ describe('SQLite schema, cancellation, and real persistence integration', () =>
     expect(stillForeign.prepare('PRAGMA journal_mode').get()).toEqual({ journal_mode: 'wal' })
     stillForeign.close()
 
+    const wildcardPath = await temporaryPath('sqlite-wildcard.db')
+    const wildcard = new DatabaseSync(wildcardPath)
+    wildcard.exec('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL')
+    wildcard.exec('CREATE TABLE sqliteX(value TEXT)')
+    wildcard.exec("INSERT INTO sqliteX VALUES ('safe')")
+    wildcard.close()
+    const wildcardCtx = new Context()
+    await wildcardCtx.plugin(SessionStore)
+    await expect(wildcardCtx.plugin(SessionQuerySqlite, {
+      path: wildcardPath,
+      journalMode: 'delete',
+    })).rejects.toThrow(expectCode('SESSION_QUERY_INDEX_FAILED'))
+    expect(wildcardCtx.sessionQuery).toBeUndefined()
+    const stillWildcard = new DatabaseSync(wildcardPath)
+    expect(stillWildcard.prepare('SELECT value FROM sqliteX').get()).toEqual({ value: 'safe' })
+    expect(stillWildcard.prepare('PRAGMA application_id').get()).toEqual({ application_id: 0 })
+    expect(stillWildcard.prepare('PRAGMA user_version').get()).toEqual({ user_version: 0 })
+    expect(stillWildcard.prepare('PRAGMA journal_mode').get()).toEqual({ journal_mode: 'wal' })
+    stillWildcard.close()
+
     const otherAppPath = await temporaryPath('other-app.db')
     const otherApp = new DatabaseSync(otherAppPath)
     otherApp.exec('PRAGMA application_id = 123')