diff --git a/lib/sqlite3.js b/lib/sqlite3.js
index c8e3e8c6c..e039ab877 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3.js
+++ b/lib/sqlite3.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-var binary = require('node-pre-gyp');
 var path = require('path');
-var binding_path = binary.find(path.resolve(path.join(__dirname,'../package.json')));
-var binding = require(binding_path);
+var binding = require('bindings')('node_sqlite3.node');
 var sqlite3 = module.exports = exports = binding;
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 674fa8d29..3ecb155cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "nan": "^2.12.1",
     "node-pre-gyp": "^0.11.0",
+    "bindings": "^1.5.0",
     "request": "^2.87.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {