1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/rtree/rtree.c b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
index 2f80af564..59c4aa0ec 100644
--- a/ext/rtree/rtree.c
+++ b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
@@ -3361,7 +3361,8 @@ static int rtreeSqlInit(
   for(i=0; i<N_STATEMENT && rc==SQLITE_OK; i++){
     char *zSql = sqlite3_mprintf(azSql[i], zDb, zPrefix);
     if( zSql ){
-      rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, zSql, -1, appStmt[i], 0); 
+      rc = sqlite3_prepare_v3(db, zSql, -1, SQLITE_PREPARE_PERSISTENT,
+                              appStmt[i], 0); 
     }else{
       rc = SQLITE_NOMEM;
     }