diff --git a/src/core/database.cpp b/src/core/database.cpp
index 86e8a10..dd60d2d 100644
--- a/src/core/database.cpp
+++ b/src/core/database.cpp
@@ -263,8 +263,17 @@ QSqlDatabase Database::Connect() {

   // Find Sqlite3 functions in the Qt plugin.
   StaticInit();
-
   {
+#ifdef SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER
+    QVariant v = db.driver()->handle();
+    if (v.isValid() && qstrcmp(v.typeName(), "sqlite3*") == 0) {
+      sqlite3* handle = *static_cast<sqlite3**>(v.data());
+      if (handle) {
+        sqlite3_db_config(handle, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER, 1, NULL);
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
     QSqlQuery set_fts_tokenizer("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name, :pointer)", db);
     set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":name", "unicode");
     set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(