diff --git a/deps/sqlite3.gyp b/deps/sqlite3.gyp
index 4403a82a..5e7cc249 100755
--- a/deps/sqlite3.gyp
+++ b/deps/sqlite3.gyp
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
         'defines': [
           'SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1',
           'SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3',
+          'SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5',
           'SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1',
           'SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE',
           'SQLITE_HAS_CODEC',
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@
         '_REENTRANT=1',
         'SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1',
         'SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3',
+        'SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5',
         'SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1',
         'SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE',
         'SQLITE_HAS_CODEC',
diff --git a/test/fts-content.test.js b/test/fts-content.test.js
index c7095a9c..1cde5405 100644
--- a/test/fts-content.test.js
+++ b/test/fts-content.test.js
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ describe('fts', function() {
     it('should create a new fts4 table', function(done) {
         db.exec('CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t1 USING fts4(content="", a, b, c);', done);
     });
+
+    it('should create a new fts5 table', function(done) {
+        db.exec('CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t2 USING fts5(content="", a, b, c);', done);
+    });
 });