diff --git a/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp b/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
index 4bb0850bf..c9a540ff8 100644
--- a/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ SqliteStatement::SqliteStatement(SqliteDatabase* db, const char *sql)
 		throw j;
 }
 
+SqliteStatement::SqliteStatement(SqliteDatabase* db, const std::string& sql)
+{
+	assert(db);
+	int j = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db->peekConnection(), sql.c_str(), sql.size() + 1, &statement, NULL);
+	if (j != SQLITE_OK)
+		throw j;
+}
+
 SqliteStatement::~SqliteStatement()
 {
 	sqlite3_finalize(statement);
diff --git a/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.h b/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.h
index ed2d82945..19569a69b 100644
--- a/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.h
+++ b/src/cpp/database/SqliteDatabase.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ protected:
 
 public:
 	SqliteStatement(SqliteDatabase* db, const char *statement);
+	SqliteStatement(SqliteDatabase* db, const std::string& statement);
 	~SqliteStatement();
 
 	sqlite3_stmt* peekStatement();