diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 79fa8b2605..aa781fa288 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import platform
 import commands
 import re
 
+LevelDB	= bool(0)
+
 OSX	= bool(platform.mac_ver()[0])
 FreeBSD	= bool('FreeBSD' == platform.system())
 Linux	= bool('Linux' == platform.system())
 Ubuntu	= bool(Linux and 'Ubuntu' == platform.linux_distribution()[0])
-LevelDB	= bool(0)
 
 if OSX or Ubuntu:
 	CTAGS = '/usr/bin/ctags'
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ if OSX:
 
 if LevelDB:
 	env.Append(CXXFLAGS = [ '-Isrc/cpp/leveldb/include', '-DUSE_LEVELDB'])
-	env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [ '-Lsrc/cpp/leveldb/lib' ])
+	env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [ '-Lsrc/cpp/leveldb' ])
 	env.Append(LIBS = [ '-lleveldb'])
 
 DB_SRCS   = glob.glob('src/cpp/database/*.c') + glob.glob('src/cpp/database/*.cpp')
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index 0d5ef7aae5..ec3618bd1e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 
 #include "Application.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
+#include "leveldb/cache.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "AcceptedLedger.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "PeerDoor.h"
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ void Application::setup()
 #ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	leveldb::Options options;
 	options.create_if_missing = true;
+	options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache(theConfig.getSize(siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
 	leveldb::Status status = leveldb::DB::Open(options, (theConfig.DATA_DIR / "hashnode").string(), &mHashNodeDB);
 	if (!status.ok() || !mHashNodeDB)
 	{