diff --git a/core/server/data/db/connection.js b/core/server/data/db/connection.js
index 58e3ef37a9..eb5a798632 100644
--- a/core/server/data/db/connection.js
+++ b/core/server/data/db/connection.js
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ function configure(dbConfig) {
         // Backwards compatibility with old knex behaviour
         dbConfig.useNullAsDefault = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(dbConfig, 'useNullAsDefault') ? dbConfig.useNullAsDefault : true;
 
+        // Enables foreign key checks and delete on cascade
+        dbConfig.pool = {
+            afterCreate(conn, cb) {
+                conn.run('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON', cb);
+            }
+        };
+
         // Force bthreads to use child_process backend until a worker_thread-compatible version of sqlite3 is published
         // https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/issues/1386
         process.env.BTHREADS_BACKEND = 'child_process';
diff --git a/test/utils/db-utils.js b/test/utils/db-utils.js
index afa642cb24..b966a18c96 100644
--- a/test/utils/db-utils.js
+++ b/test/utils/db-utils.js
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ module.exports.initData = async () => {
 
 module.exports.truncate = async (tableName) => {
     if (config.get('database:client') === 'sqlite3') {
+        const [foreignKeysEnabled] = await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys;');
+        if (foreignKeysEnabled.foreign_keys) {
+            await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF;');
+        }
         await db.knex(tableName).truncate();
+        if (foreignKeysEnabled.foreign_keys) {
+            await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;');
+        }
         return;
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +60,16 @@ module.exports.teardown = () => {
     if (config.get('database:client') === 'sqlite3') {
         return Promise
             .mapSeries(tables, function createTable(table) {
-                return db.knex.raw('DELETE FROM ' + table + ';');
+                return (async function () {
+                    const [foreignKeysEnabled] = await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys;');
+                    if (foreignKeysEnabled.foreign_keys) {
+                        await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF;');
+                    }
+                    await db.knex.raw('DELETE FROM ' + table + ';');
+                    if (foreignKeysEnabled.foreign_keys) {
+                        await db.knex.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;');
+                    }
+                })();
             })
             .catch(function (err) {
                 // CASE: table does not exist