diff --git a/lib/sqlite/Makefile.am b/lib/sqlite/Makefile.am
index bd0396922..ce2990ca9 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/sqlite/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ if ENABLE_PTHREAD_SUPPORT
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=1
 endif
 
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -DSQLITE_WITHOUT_ZONEMALLOC=1
+
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libheimsqlite.la
 
 noinst_HEADERS = sqlite3.h sqlite3ext.h