diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client_builder.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client_builder.rs
index 7abd342f7..8249c8775 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client_builder.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client_builder.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Allow UniFFI to use methods marked as `#[deprecated]`.
+#![allow(deprecated)]
+
 use std::{num::NonZeroUsize, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 #[cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))]
@@ -526,6 +529,20 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
         builder.store = Some(StoreBuilder::Sqlite(unwrap_or_clone_arc(config)));
         Arc::new(builder)
     }
+
+    /// Sets the paths that the client will use to store its data and caches
+    /// with SQLite.
+    ///
+    /// Both paths **must** be unique per session as the SDK
+    /// stores aren't capable of handling multiple users, however it is
+    /// valid to use the same path for both stores on a single session.
+    #[deprecated = "Use `ClientBuilder::session_store_with_sqlite` instead"]
+    pub fn session_paths(self: Arc<Self>, data_path: String, cache_path: String) -> Arc<Self> {
+        let mut builder = unwrap_or_clone_arc(self);
+        builder.store =
+            Some(StoreBuilder::Sqlite(store::SqliteStoreBuilder::raw_new(data_path, cache_path)));
+        Arc::new(builder)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "indexeddb")]
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/store.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/store.rs
index 72e2343c1..5ac81a0ac 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/store.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/store.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ mod sqlite {
         system_is_memory_constrained: bool,
     }
 
+    impl SqliteStoreBuilder {
+        pub(crate) fn raw_new(data_path: String, cache_path: String) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                paths: StorePaths { data_path, cache_path },
+                passphrase: Zeroizing::new(None),
+                pool_max_size: None,
+                cache_size: None,
+                journal_size_limit: None,
+                system_is_memory_constrained: false,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[matrix_sdk_ffi_macros::export]
     impl SqliteStoreBuilder {
         /// Construct a [`SqliteStoreBuilder`] and set the paths that the client
@@ -66,14 +79,7 @@ mod sqlite {
         /// same path for both stores on a single session.
         #[uniffi::constructor]
         pub fn new(data_path: String, cache_path: String) -> Arc<Self> {
-            Arc::new(Self {
-                paths: SessionPaths { data_path, cache_path },
-                passphrase: Zeroizing::new(None),
-                pool_max_size: None,
-                cache_size: None,
-                journal_size_limit: None,
-                system_is_memory_constrained: false,
-            })
+            Arc::new(Self::raw_new(data_path, cache_path))
         }
 
         /// Set the passphrase for the stores.