diff --git a/deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp b/deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp
index b94bf45..de5d3c3 100755
--- a/deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp
+++ b/deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         'SQLITE_LIKE_DOESNT_MATCH_BLOBS',
         'SQLITE_THREADSAFE=2',
         'SQLITE_USE_URI=0',
+        'SQLITE_USE_ALLOCA',
         'SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT',
         'SQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE',
         'SQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED',