diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index b269129..472f7e0 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ if ( $sqlite_inc ) {
 my @CC_DEFINE = (
 	'-DSQLITE_CORE',
 	'-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3',
+	'-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS',  # for sqlite >= 3.6.10
 	'-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA',
 	'-DNDEBUG=1',
 	"-DSQLITE_PTR_SZ=$Config{ptrsize}"