diff --git a/sqlite3_opt_serialize.go b/sqlite3_opt_serialize.go
index 555ace7..a5ec121 100644
--- a/sqlite3_opt_serialize.go
+++ b/sqlite3_opt_serialize.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !libsqlite3 sqlite_serialize
+// +build !libsqlite3,!libsqlcipher sqlite_serialize
 
 package sqlite3
 
diff --git a/sqlite3_opt_serialize_omit.go b/sqlite3_opt_serialize_omit.go
index b154dd3..2827e9c 100644
--- a/sqlite3_opt_serialize_omit.go
+++ b/sqlite3_opt_serialize_omit.go
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// +build libsqlite3,!sqlite_serialize
+// +build libsqlite3 libsqlcipher
+// +build !sqlite_serialize
 
 package sqlite3
 
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 import "C"
 
 func (c *SQLiteConn) Serialize(schema string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("sqlite3: Serialize requires the sqlite_serialize build tag when using the libsqlite3 build tag")
+	return nil, errors.New("sqlite3: Serialize requires the sqlite_serialize build tag when using the libsqlite3 or libsqlcipher build tags")
 }
 
 func (c *SQLiteConn) Deserialize(b []byte, schema string) error {
-	return errors.New("sqlite3: Deserialize requires the sqlite_serialize build tag when using the libsqlite3 build tag")
+	return errors.New("sqlite3: Deserialize requires the sqlite_serialize build tag when using the libsqlite3 or libsqlcipher build tags")
 }
diff --git a/sqlite3_opt_serialize_test.go b/sqlite3_opt_serialize_test.go
index 624c5a9..0cd683b 100644
--- a/sqlite3_opt_serialize_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_opt_serialize_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !libsqlite3 sqlite_serialize
+// +build !libsqlite3,!libsqlcipher sqlite_serialize
 
 package sqlite3