diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2272df0f..224b0120 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ Rafal Stozek
 Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io>
 Nicolas Delaby <ticosax@free.fr>
 Daniel Hahler <https://twitter.com/blueyed>
+Michael Howitz
 Hasan Ramezani <hasan.r67@gmail.com>
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5b04c3ba..35e1e09a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+unreleased
+----------
+
+Bugfixes
+^^^^^^^^
+
+* Fix fixture ``.live_server_helper.LiveServer`` when using an in-memory SQLite
+  database on Django >= 3.
+
+
 v4.4.0 (2021-06-06)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/pytest_django/django_compat.py b/pytest_django/django_compat.py
index 615e4701..3a02f42f 100644
--- a/pytest_django/django_compat.py
+++ b/pytest_django/django_compat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Note that all functions here assume django is available.  So ensure
 # this is the case before you call them.
 
+import pkg_resources
+
+
+IS_DJANGO_2 = pkg_resources.get_distribution("Django").version < '3'
+
 
 def is_django_unittest(request_or_item) -> bool:
     """Returns True if the request_or_item is a Django test case, otherwise False"""
diff --git a/pytest_django/live_server_helper.py b/pytest_django/live_server_helper.py
index 943198d7..7d2920a6 100644
--- a/pytest_django/live_server_helper.py
+++ b/pytest_django/live_server_helper.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
+from .django_compat import IS_DJANGO_2
+
 
 class LiveServer:
     """The liveserver fixture
@@ -24,7 +26,10 @@ def __init__(self, addr: str) -> None:
                 and conn.settings_dict["NAME"] == ":memory:"
             ):
                 # Explicitly enable thread-shareability for this connection
-                conn.allow_thread_sharing = True
+                if IS_DJANGO_2:
+                    conn.allow_thread_sharing = True
+                else:
+                    conn.inc_thread_sharing()
                 connections_override[conn.alias] = conn
 
         liveserver_kwargs["connections_override"] = connections_override
@@ -60,6 +65,37 @@ def __init__(self, addr: str) -> None:
 
     def stop(self) -> None:
         """Stop the server"""
+        from django.db import connections
+
+        liveserver_kwargs = {}  # type: Dict[str, Any]
+
+        connections_override = {}
+        for conn in connections.all():
+            # If using in-memory sqlite databases, pass the connections to
+            # the server thread.
+            if (
+                conn.settings_dict["ENGINE"] == "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
+                and conn.settings_dict["NAME"] == ":memory:"
+            ):
+                # Explicitly enable thread-shareability for this connection
+                if IS_DJANGO_2:
+                    conn.allow_thread_sharing = False
+                else:
+                    conn.dec_thread_sharing()
+                connections_override[conn.alias] = conn
+
+        liveserver_kwargs["connections_override"] = connections_override
+        from django.conf import settings
+
+        if "django.contrib.staticfiles" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+            from django.contrib.staticfiles.handlers import StaticFilesHandler
+
+            liveserver_kwargs["static_handler"] = StaticFilesHandler
+        else:
+            from django.test.testcases import _StaticFilesHandler
+
+            liveserver_kwargs["static_handler"] = _StaticFilesHandler
+
         self.thread.terminate()
         self.thread.join()
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bc670a46..9ff49da6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -95,3 +95,5 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-psycopg2cffi.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pkg_resources.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True