diff --git a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/Entities/DistributedLock.cs b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/Entities/DistributedLock.cs
index d9f6752..efa5189 100644
--- a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/Entities/DistributedLock.cs
+++ b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/Entities/DistributedLock.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class DistributedLock
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the resource being held.
         /// </summary>
+        [Unique]
         public string Resource { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
index ad0efd2..89ae4be 100644
--- a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
+++ b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Hangfire.Logging;
 using Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Entities;
+using SQLite;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
@@ -134,7 +135,17 @@ private void Acquire(TimeSpan timeout)
 
                     var rowsAffected = _dbContext.Database.Update(distributedLock);
                     if (rowsAffected == 0)
-                        _dbContext.Database.Insert(distributedLock);
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            _dbContext.Database.Insert(distributedLock);
+                        }
+                        catch(SQLiteException e) when (e.Result == SQLite3.Result.Constraint)
+                        {
+                            // The lock already exists preventing us from inserting.
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
 
                     // If result is null, then it means we acquired the lock
                     if (result == null)
diff --git a/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/SQLiteDistributedLockFacts.cs b/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/SQLiteDistributedLockFacts.cs
index 5cc655c..c44030e 100644
--- a/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/SQLiteDistributedLockFacts.cs
+++ b/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/SQLiteDistributedLockFacts.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Entities;
 using Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test.Utils;
@@ -127,6 +128,50 @@ public void Ctor_WaitForLock_SignaledAtLockRelease()
             });
         }
 
+        [Fact, CleanDatabase]
+        public void Ctor_WaitForLock_OnlySingleLockCanBeAcquired()
+        {
+            var connection = ConnectionUtils.CreateConnection();
+            var numThreads = 10;
+            long concurrencyCounter = 0;
+            var manualResetEvent = new ManualResetEventSlim();
+            var success = new bool[numThreads];
+
+            // Spawn multiple threads to race each other.
+            var threads = Enumerable.Range(0, numThreads).Select(i => new Thread(() =>
+            {
+                // Wait for the start signal.
+                manualResetEvent.Wait();
+
+                // Attempt to acquire the distributed lock.
+                using (new SQLiteDistributedLock("resource1", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), connection, new SQLiteStorageOptions()))
+                {
+                    // Find out if any other threads managed to acquire the lock.
+                    var oldConcurrencyCounter = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref concurrencyCounter, 1, 0);
+
+                    // The old concurrency counter should be 0 as only one thread should be allowed to acquire the lock.
+                    success[i] = oldConcurrencyCounter == 0;
+
+                    Interlocked.MemoryBarrier();
+
+                    // Hold the lock for some time.
+                    Thread.Sleep(100);
+
+                    Interlocked.Decrement(ref concurrencyCounter);
+                }
+            })).ToList();
+
+            threads.ForEach(t => t.Start());
+
+            manualResetEvent.Set();
+
+            threads.ForEach(t => Assert.True(t.Join(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)), "Thread is hanging unexpected"));
+
+            // All the threads should report success.
+            Interlocked.MemoryBarrier();
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(false, success);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Ctor_ThrowsAnException_WhenOptionsIsNull()
         {