diff --git a/lib/sqlite3-binding.js b/lib/sqlite3-binding.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065f59576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sqlite3-binding.js
@@ -0,0 +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);
+module.exports = exports = binding;
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3.js b/lib/sqlite3.js
index c8e3e8c6c..3d24c2fda 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3.js
+++ b/lib/sqlite3.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-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 sqlite3 = module.exports = exports = binding;
+var sqlite3 = require('./sqlite3-binding.js');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+module.exports = exports = sqlite3;
 
 function normalizeMethod (fn) {
     return function (sql) {