diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
index 4990fdd299a1..ba64518f037f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\SQLiteProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\SQLiteGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\SQLiteBuilder;
+use LogicException;
 
 class SQLiteConnection extends Connection
 {
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ protected function getDefaultPostProcessor()
      */
     protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
+        if (! class_exists(DoctrineDriver::class)) {
+            throw new LogicException(
+                'Laravel v6 is only compatible with doctrine/dbal 2, lock it to that version with composer require doctrine/dbal "^2.0"'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }