diff --git a/node-sqlcipher/binding.gyp.orig b/node-sqlcipher/binding.gyp
index 9a5caa2f713..8d3da54fea7 100644
--- a/node-sqlcipher/binding.gyp.orig
+++ b/node-sqlcipher/binding.gyp
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'node_sqlcipher',
+	  'include_dirs': [
+      	'/usr/include/sqlcipher',
+      ],
+      'link_settings': {
+        'libraries': [
+          '-lsqlcipher',
+        ]
+      },
       'dependencies': [
-        'deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp:sqlcipher',
         'deps/extension/extension.gyp:extension',
         "<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').targets\"):node_addon_api",
       ],
@@ -13,7 +20,6 @@
         ['OS=="linux"', {
           'ldflags': [
             '-Wl,-Bsymbolic',
-            '-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL',
           ],
         }],
       ],