diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2c76c6b93..3c6fc4141 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ver 0.15.6 (2009/??/??)
 * output_thread: check again if output is open on PAUSE
 * update: delete ignored symlinks from database
 * database: increased maximum line length to 32 kB
+* sticker: added fallback for sqlite3_prepare_v2()
 
 
 ver 0.15.5 (2009/10/18)
diff --git a/src/sticker.c b/src/sticker.c
index 0d30fbb70..cded09fca 100644
--- a/src/sticker.c
+++ b/src/sticker.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #undef G_LOG_DOMAIN
 #define G_LOG_DOMAIN "sticker"
 
+#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3003009
+#define sqlite3_prepare_v2 sqlite3_prepare
+#endif
+
 struct sticker {
 	GHashTable *table;
 };