diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/statement/handle.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/statement/handle.rs
index c78ce98414..98f3a483d0 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/statement/handle.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/statement/handle.rs
@@ -263,19 +263,20 @@ impl StatementHandle {
                 return Err(SqliteError::new(self.db_handle()).into());
             }
 
-            let datatype = CStr::from_ptr(datatype);
-
-            Ok(
-                if primary_key != 0
-                    && datatype
-                        .to_bytes()
-                        .eq_ignore_ascii_case("integer".as_bytes())
-                {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(not_null == 0)
-                },
-            )
+            // `sqlite3_table_column_metadata()` sets the declared type to NULL for a column
+            // declared without one, e.g. `CREATE TABLE foo (bar PRIMARY KEY)`. Such a column
+            // has no type name to compare against, and is by definition not declared
+            // `INTEGER`, so it cannot be a rowid alias.
+            let is_integer = !datatype.is_null()
+                && CStr::from_ptr(datatype)
+                    .to_bytes()
+                    .eq_ignore_ascii_case("integer".as_bytes());
+
+            Ok(if primary_key != 0 && is_integer {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(not_null == 0)
+            })
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/sqlite/describe.rs b/tests/sqlite/describe.rs
index 49bdbd35e7..f303f7509d 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite/describe.rs
+++ b/tests/sqlite/describe.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use sqlx::error::DatabaseError;
 use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqliteError};
 use sqlx::TypeInfo;
 use sqlx::{sqlite::Sqlite, Column, Executor};
-use sqlx::{ConnectOptions, SqlSafeStr};
+use sqlx::{ConnectOptions, Connection, SqlSafeStr, SqliteConnection};
 use sqlx_test::new;
 use std::env;
 
@@ -1095,3 +1095,36 @@ async fn it_describes_analytical_function() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+// A column declared with no type at all, e.g. `CREATE TABLE foo (bar PRIMARY KEY)`, is
+// legal SQLite. `sqlite3_table_column_metadata()` reports a NULL declared type for such a
+// column, which `column_nullable()` used to dereference unconditionally, segfaulting the
+// process, and thus rustc itself when the `query!()` macros describe a live database.
+#[sqlx_macros::test]
+async fn it_describes_columns_with_no_declared_type() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut conn = SqliteConnection::connect(":memory:").await?;
+
+    conn.execute(
+        r#"
+        CREATE TABLE untyped (
+            id PRIMARY KEY,
+            typeless,
+            typed TEXT NOT NULL
+        );
+        "#
+        .into_sql_str(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let d = conn
+        .describe("SELECT id, typeless, typed FROM untyped".into_sql_str())
+        .await?;
+
+    // A `PRIMARY KEY` with no declared type is not an `INTEGER PRIMARY KEY`, so it is not a
+    // rowid alias and SQLite does permit NULLs in it.
+    assert_eq!(d.nullable(0), Some(true));
+    assert_eq!(d.nullable(1), Some(true));
+    assert_eq!(d.nullable(2), Some(false));
+
+    Ok(())
+}