diff --git a/amalgamation/sqlite3.c b/amalgamation/sqlite3.c
index 59bdd50..110a1a7 100644
--- a/amalgamation/sqlite3.c
+++ b/amalgamation/sqlite3.c
@@ -174314,14 +174314,14 @@
   p->nNode = nNode;
 
   /* Figure out if this is a leaf or an internal node. */
-  if( p->aNode[0] ){
+  if( aNode && aNode[0] ){
     /* An internal node. */
     p->iOff = 1 + sqlite3Fts3GetVarint(&p->aNode[1], &p->iChild);
   }else{
     p->iOff = 1;
   }
 
-  return nodeReaderNext(p);
+  return aNode ? nodeReaderNext(p) : SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -174812,8 +174812,8 @@
         NodeReader reader;
         pNode = &pWriter->aNodeWriter[i];
 
-        rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
-        if( reader.aNode ){
+        if ( pNode->block.a){
+          rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
           while( reader.aNode && rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = nodeReaderNext(&reader);
           blobGrowBuffer(&pNode->key, reader.term.n, &rc);
           if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
diff --git a/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c b/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
index 4be6941..c22711d 100644
--- a/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+++ b/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
@@ -3797,14 +3797,14 @@
   p->nNode = nNode;
 
   /* Figure out if this is a leaf or an internal node. */
-  if( p->aNode[0] ){
+  if( aNode && aNode[0] ){
     /* An internal node. */
     p->iOff = 1 + sqlite3Fts3GetVarint(&p->aNode[1], &p->iChild);
   }else{
     p->iOff = 1;
   }
 
-  return nodeReaderNext(p);
+  return aNode ? nodeReaderNext(p) : SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4295,8 +4295,8 @@
         NodeReader reader;
         pNode = &pWriter->aNodeWriter[i];
 
-        rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
-        if( reader.aNode ){
+        if ( pNode->block.a){
+          rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
           while( reader.aNode && rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = nodeReaderNext(&reader);
           blobGrowBuffer(&pNode->key, reader.term.n, &rc);
           if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
diff --git a/patched/test/fts4merge5.test b/patched/test/fts4merge5.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fad778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patched/test/fts4merge5.test
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# 2019 October 02
+#
+# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
+# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+#
+#    May you do good and not evil.
+#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+#
+#*************************************************************************
+# This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
+# focus of this script is testing the FTS4 module.
+#
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+set testprefix fts4merge5
+
+# If SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 is defined, omit this file.
+ifcapable !fts3 {
+  finish_test
+  return
+}
+
+source $testdir/genesis.tcl
+
+do_execsql_test 1.1 { 
+  CREATE TABLE t1(docid, words);
+}
+fts_kjv_genesis
+
+do_execsql_test 1.2 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE x1 USING fts3; 
+  INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('nodesize=64');
+  INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('maxpending=64');
+}
+
+do_execsql_test 1.3 {
+  INSERT INTO x1(docid, content) SELECT * FROM t1;
+}
+
+for {set tn 1} {1} {incr tn} {
+  set tc1 [db total_changes]
+  do_execsql_test 1.4.$tn.1 {
+    INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('merge=1,2');
+  }
+  set tc2 [db total_changes]
+
+  if {($tc2 - $tc1)<2} break
+
+  do_execsql_test 1.4.$tn.1 {
+    INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('integrity-check');
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+finish_test
diff --git a/patched/test/permutations.test b/patched/test/permutations.test
index ac2125c..717998e 100644
--- a/patched/test/permutations.test
+++ b/patched/test/permutations.test
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
   walcrash2.test e_fkey.test backup.test
 
   fts4merge.test fts4merge2.test fts4merge4.test fts4check.test
+  fts4merge5.test
   fts3cov.test fts3snippet.test fts3corrupt2.test fts3an.test
   fts3defer.test fts4langid.test fts3sort.test fts5unicode.test
 
diff --git a/patches/0001-Call-ioctl-with-the-correct-signature-on-both-Androi.patch b/patches/0001-Call-ioctl-with-the-correct-signature-on-both-Androi.patch
index 11f8c6a..36d1809 100644
--- a/patches/0001-Call-ioctl-with-the-correct-signature-on-both-Androi.patch
+++ b/patches/0001-Call-ioctl-with-the-correct-signature-on-both-Androi.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@chromium.org>
 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:23:45 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Call ioctl() with the correct signature on both Android
+Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Call ioctl() with the correct signature on both Android
  and stock Linux.
 
 This backports https://sqlite.org/src/info/68e12e063fe41bcd
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
  }; /* End of the overrideable system calls */
  
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0002-Fix-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.patch b/patches/0002-Fix-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.patch
index 342c633..086e1ab 100644
--- a/patches/0002-Fix-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.patch
+++ b/patches/0002-Fix-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Darwin Huang <huangdarwin@chromium.org>
 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:52:39 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Fix Heap-Buffer-Overflow
+Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Fix Heap-Buffer-Overflow
 
     Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/bd9a47a3a2997bfb
 
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@
 +finish_test
 +
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0003-Fix-ASSERT-memIsValid-hit.patch b/patches/0003-Fix-ASSERT-memIsValid-hit.patch
index d6a8184..63e81ea 100644
--- a/patches/0003-Fix-ASSERT-memIsValid-hit.patch
+++ b/patches/0003-Fix-ASSERT-memIsValid-hit.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Darwin Huang <huangdarwin@chromium.org>
 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:22:41 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Fix ASSERT memIsValid hit
+Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Fix ASSERT memIsValid hit
 
 Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/7ef7b23cbb1b9ace
 
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@
 +finish_test
 \ No newline at end of file
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0004-Fix-incorrect-assert.patch b/patches/0004-Fix-incorrect-assert.patch
index e1b056b..2a42d1a 100644
--- a/patches/0004-Fix-incorrect-assert.patch
+++ b/patches/0004-Fix-incorrect-assert.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Darwin Huang <huangdarwin@chromium.org>
 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:24:25 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Fix incorrect assert
+Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Fix incorrect assert
 
 Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/59c9e73f86b89ee1
 
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
    if( pPage->nOverflow || sz+2>pPage->nFree ){
      if( pTemp ){
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0005-Fix-bad-chrome_sqlite3_free.patch b/patches/0005-Fix-bad-chrome_sqlite3_free.patch
index a5fb6f8..59c39dd 100644
--- a/patches/0005-Fix-bad-chrome_sqlite3_free.patch
+++ b/patches/0005-Fix-bad-chrome_sqlite3_free.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Darwin Huang <huangdarwin@chromium.org>
 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:11:19 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Fix bad chrome_sqlite3_free
+Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Fix bad chrome_sqlite3_free
 
 Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/f60a83069168899d
 
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
        return SQLITE_OK;
      }
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0006-Avoid-dangling-schema-pointer.patch b/patches/0006-Avoid-dangling-schema-pointer.patch
index 5a0157a..9c7f3d3 100644
--- a/patches/0006-Avoid-dangling-schema-pointer.patch
+++ b/patches/0006-Avoid-dangling-schema-pointer.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Darwin Huang <huangdarwin@chromium.org>
 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:58:51 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Avoid dangling schema pointer
+Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Avoid dangling schema pointer
 
 Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/069c2f4c61f06211
 
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@
 +
  finish_test
 -- 
-2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
 
diff --git a/patches/0007-The-nodeReaderInit-function-in-FTS3-may-not-assume-t.patch b/patches/0007-The-nodeReaderInit-function-in-FTS3-may-not-assume-t.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87aad30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/0007-The-nodeReaderInit-function-in-FTS3-may-not-assume-t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:17:40 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 7/8] The nodeReaderInit() function in FTS3 may not assume that
+ the node is non-empty.
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Backports https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/361eb2f682a303bb
+
+Bug: 998494
+---
+ third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c b/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+index 4be6941579c5..6152c82871cf 100644
+--- a/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
++++ b/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+@@ -3797,14 +3797,14 @@ static int nodeReaderInit(NodeReader *p, const char *aNode, int nNode){
+   p->nNode = nNode;
+ 
+   /* Figure out if this is a leaf or an internal node. */
+-  if( p->aNode[0] ){
++  if( aNode && aNode[0] ){
+     /* An internal node. */
+     p->iOff = 1 + sqlite3Fts3GetVarint(&p->aNode[1], &p->iChild);
+   }else{
+     p->iOff = 1;
+   }
+ 
+-  return nodeReaderNext(p);
++  return aNode ? nodeReaderNext(p) : SQLITE_OK;
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+-- 
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
+
diff --git a/patches/0008-Fix-a-long-standing-problem-in-fts4-incrmental-merge.patch b/patches/0008-Fix-a-long-standing-problem-in-fts4-incrmental-merge.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ebbd92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/0008-Fix-a-long-standing-problem-in-fts4-incrmental-merge.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:30:44 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Fix a long-standing problem in fts4 incrmental merge.
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Backport https://sqlite.org/src/info/67da31e24ebb49c4
+
+Bug: 998494
+---
+ .../sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c      |  4 +-
+ .../sqlite/patched/test/fts4merge5.test       | 58 +++++++++++++++++++
+ .../sqlite/patched/test/permutations.test     |  1 +
+ 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 third_party/sqlite/patched/test/fts4merge5.test
+
+diff --git a/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c b/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+index 6152c82871cf..c22711dad8c7 100644
+--- a/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
++++ b/third_party/sqlite/patched/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+@@ -4295,8 +4295,8 @@ static int fts3IncrmergeLoad(
+         NodeReader reader;
+         pNode = &pWriter->aNodeWriter[i];
+ 
+-        rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
+-        if( reader.aNode ){
++        if ( pNode->block.a){
++          rc = nodeReaderInit(&reader, pNode->block.a, pNode->block.n);
+           while( reader.aNode && rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = nodeReaderNext(&reader);
+           blobGrowBuffer(&pNode->key, reader.term.n, &rc);
+           if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+diff --git a/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/fts4merge5.test b/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/fts4merge5.test
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000000..1fad778b95e7
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/fts4merge5.test
+@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
++# 2019 October 02
++#
++# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
++# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
++#
++#    May you do good and not evil.
++#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
++#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
++#
++#*************************************************************************
++# This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
++# focus of this script is testing the FTS4 module.
++#
++
++set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
++source $testdir/tester.tcl
++set testprefix fts4merge5
++
++# If SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 is defined, omit this file.
++ifcapable !fts3 {
++  finish_test
++  return
++}
++
++source $testdir/genesis.tcl
++
++do_execsql_test 1.1 { 
++  CREATE TABLE t1(docid, words);
++}
++fts_kjv_genesis
++
++do_execsql_test 1.2 {
++  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE x1 USING fts3; 
++  INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('nodesize=64');
++  INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('maxpending=64');
++}
++
++do_execsql_test 1.3 {
++  INSERT INTO x1(docid, content) SELECT * FROM t1;
++}
++
++for {set tn 1} {1} {incr tn} {
++  set tc1 [db total_changes]
++  do_execsql_test 1.4.$tn.1 {
++    INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('merge=1,2');
++  }
++  set tc2 [db total_changes]
++
++  if {($tc2 - $tc1)<2} break
++
++  do_execsql_test 1.4.$tn.1 {
++    INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('integrity-check');
++  }
++}
++
++
++
++finish_test
+diff --git a/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/permutations.test b/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/permutations.test
+index ac2125c73b12..717998ef3e5d 100644
+--- a/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/permutations.test
++++ b/third_party/sqlite/patched/test/permutations.test
+@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ set allquicktests [test_set $alltests -exclude {
+   walcrash2.test e_fkey.test backup.test
+ 
+   fts4merge.test fts4merge2.test fts4merge4.test fts4check.test
++  fts4merge5.test
+   fts3cov.test fts3snippet.test fts3corrupt2.test fts3an.test
+   fts3defer.test fts4langid.test fts3sort.test fts5unicode.test
+ 
+-- 
+2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
+