diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.cpp
index c2a975abea..faedc6a9db 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const char* TxnDBInit[] =
     "PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL;",
     "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;",
     "PRAGMA journal_size_limit=1582080;",
+    "PRAGMA max_page_count=2147483646;",
 
 #if (ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX) && !defined (NO_SQLITE_MMAP)
     "PRAGMA mmap_size=17179869184;",