hint from https://notabug.org/guile-sqlite3/guile-sqlite3/issues/6

Index: guile-gcrypt/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- guile-gcrypt.orig/configure.ac
+++ guile-gcrypt/configure.ac
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ m4_pattern_forbid([^GUILE_P])
 m4_pattern_allow([^GUILE_PKG_ERRORS])
 
 GUILE_PKG([2.2 2.0])
+AC_ARG_VAR([GUILD], [guild (Guile compiler) command])
+AS_IF([test "x$GUILD" = "x"],
+  [PKG_CHECK_VAR([GUILD], [guile-$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION], [guild], [],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR(m4_normalize([
+      'guild' binary not found; please check your Guile installation.]))])])
 GUILE_PROGS
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile gcrypt/package-config.scm])
