diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index bb3f8b8a..189c743f 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ compare_patch () {
   cd "${btc_dir}"
   get_patch_file
   echo "running the diff command from HEAD to ${tag}"
-  git diff ${tag}..HEAD > /tmp/tmp.patch
-  matching_patch=`diff -w /tmp/tmp.patch "${root_dir}/etc/bitcoin.patch"` 
+  diff=$(git diff ${tag}..HEAD)
+  stripped_diff=$( echo -n "${diff}" | head -n $( expr `echo -n "${diff}" | wc -l` - 1 ) )
+  matching_patch=`echo -n "${stripped_diff}" | diff -w "${root_dir}/etc/bitcoin.patch" -` 
 }
 
 cache_files () {
diff --git a/bin/variables.sh b/bin/variables.sh
index 77202be2..b59a1476 100755
--- a/bin/variables.sh
+++ b/bin/variables.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'mac_dependencies'; then
   echo -n "${mac_response}"
 fi
 
+if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'wallet_enabled'; then
+  if [ "${BITCORENODE_ENV}" == "test" ]; then
+    echo -n "-DENABLE_WALLET"
+  fi
+fi
+
 if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'bitcoind'; then
   echo -n "${cache_dir}"/src/.libs/libbitcoind.a
 fi
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index c4f034e3..e7a8ebb5 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
             "xcode_settings": {
               "GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS": "YES",
               "GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI": "YES",
-              "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": "10.9"
+              "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": "10.9",
+              'OTHER_CFLAGS': [
+                "-fexceptions",
+                "-frtti",
+                "-fpermissive",
+                "<!(./bin/variables.sh wallet_enabled)",
+              ]
             }
           }
         ]
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@
         "-fexceptions",
         "-frtti",
         "-fpermissive",
+        "<!(./bin/variables.sh wallet_enabled)",
       ],
       "link_settings": {
         "libraries": [
diff --git a/src/libbitcoind.cc b/src/libbitcoind.cc
index 428e4ae6..f2fce2ac 100644
--- a/src/libbitcoind.cc
+++ b/src/libbitcoind.cc
@@ -471,6 +471,13 @@ async_blocks_ready(uv_work_t *req) {
     usleep(1E6);
   }
 
+  //If the wallet is enabled, then we should make sure we can load it
+#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+  while(pwalletMain == NULL || RPCIsInWarmup(NULL)) {
+    usleep(1E6);
+  }
+#endif
+
   // Wait until we can get a lock on cs_main
   // And therefore ready to be able to quickly
   // query for transactions from the mempool.
diff --git a/src/libbitcoind.h b/src/libbitcoind.h
index b810f66a..9744f828 100644
--- a/src/libbitcoind.h
+++ b/src/libbitcoind.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #include "core_io.h"
 #include "script/bitcoinconsensus.h"
 #include "consensus/validation.h"
+#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+#include "wallet/wallet.h"
+#endif
 
 NAN_METHOD(StartBitcoind);
 NAN_METHOD(OnBlocksReady);