diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index d18731c60..becd6d814 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         "src/node_sqlite3.cc",
         "src/statement.cc"
       ],
-      "defines": [ "NAPI_VERSION=<(napi_build_version)", "NAPI_DISABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS=1" ]
+      "defines": [ "NAPI_VERSION=<(napi_build_version)", "NAPI_DISABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS=1", "NODE_API_SWALLOW_UNTHROWABLE_EXCEPTIONS" ]
     },
     #{
     #  "target_name": "action_after_build",