diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index aa18e9a..8b564b6 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const addon = bindings<{
   statementClose(stmt: NativeStatement): void;
 
   databaseOpen(path: string): NativeDatabase;
+  databaseInitTokenizer(db: NativeDatabase): void;
   databaseExec(db: NativeDatabase, query: string): void;
   databaseClose(db: NativeDatabase): void;
 
@@ -350,6 +351,13 @@ export default class Database {
     this.#isCacheEnabled = cacheStatements === true;
   }
 
+  public initTokenizer(): void {
+    if (this.#native === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('Database closed');
+    }
+    addon.databaseInitTokenizer(this.#native);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Execute one or multiple SQL statements in a given `sql` string.
    *
diff --git a/src/addon.cc b/src/addon.cc
index e7cacb5..912af62 100644
--- a/src/addon.cc
+++ b/src/addon.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ Napi::Error FormatError(Napi::Env env, const char* format, ...) {
 
 Napi::Object Database::Init(Napi::Env env, Napi::Object exports) {
   exports["databaseOpen"] = Napi::Function::New(env, &Database::Open);
+  exports["databaseInitTokenizer"] =
+      Napi::Function::New(env, &Database::InitTokenizer);
   exports["databaseClose"] = Napi::Function::New(env, &Database::Close);
   exports["databaseExec"] = Napi::Function::New(env, &Database::Exec);
   return exports;
@@ -159,20 +161,32 @@ Napi::Value Database::Open(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
     return db->ThrowSqliteError(env, r);
   }
 
+  return db->self_ref_.Value();
+}
+
+Napi::Value Database::InitTokenizer(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
+  auto env = info.Env();
+
+  auto db = FromExternal(info[0]);
+  if (db == nullptr) {
+    return Napi::Value();
+  }
+
   fts5_api* fts5 = db->GetFTS5API(env);
 
   if (fts5 == nullptr) {
     return Napi::Value();
   }
   SignalTokenizerModule* icu = new SignalTokenizerModule();
-  r = fts5->xCreateTokenizer(fts5, "signal_tokenizer", icu, &icu->api_object,
+  int r =
+      fts5->xCreateTokenizer(fts5, "signal_tokenizer", icu, &icu->api_object,
                              &SignalTokenizerModule::Destroy);
   if (r != SQLITE_OK) {
     delete icu;
     return db->ThrowSqliteError(env, r);
   }
 
-  return db->self_ref_.Value();
+  return Napi::Value();
 }
 
 Napi::Value Database::Close(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
diff --git a/src/addon.h b/src/addon.h
index 425c259..54270b0 100644
--- a/src/addon.h
+++ b/src/addon.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Database {
 
   static Database* FromExternal(const Napi::Value value);
   static Napi::Value Open(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
+  static Napi::Value InitTokenizer(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
   static Napi::Value Close(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
   static Napi::Value Exec(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
 
diff --git a/test/memory.test.ts b/test/memory.test.ts
index bc0e35e..3bb5a02 100644
--- a/test/memory.test.ts
+++ b/test/memory.test.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,18 @@ test('bigint mode', () => {
   ).toEqual(n);
 });
 
+test('tokenizer setup', () => {
+  db.initTokenizer();
+});
+
+test('tokenizer setup after close', () => {
+  db.close();
+  expect(() => db.initTokenizer()).toThrowError('Database closed');
+
+  // Just to fix afterEach
+  db = new Database();
+});
+
 test('signalTokenize', () => {
   expect(db.signalTokenize('a b c')).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
 });