diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index f6e2f07b..812f5f8d 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const int   OPEN_NOMUTEX      = SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX;
 const int   OPEN_FULLMUTEX    = SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX;
 const int   OPEN_SHAREDCACHE  = SQLITE_OPEN_SHAREDCACHE;
 const int   OPEN_PRIVATECACHE = SQLITE_OPEN_PRIVATECACHE;
-#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3031000
+// check if sqlite version is >= 3.31.0 and SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW is defined
+#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3031000 && defined(SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW)
 const int   OPEN_NOFOLLOW     = SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW;
 #else
 const int   OPEN_NOFOLLOW     = 0;