diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.cpp
index fbf171eb58..de61a67c44 100644
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ EditPacketBuffer::EditPacketBuffer(PACKET_TYPE type, unsigned char* buffer, ssiz
     memcpy(_currentBuffer, buffer, length); 
 };
 
+const int VoxelEditPacketSender::DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_MESSAGES = PacketSender::DEFAULT_PACKETS_PER_SECOND; 
+
 
 VoxelEditPacketSender::VoxelEditPacketSender(PacketSenderNotify* notify) : 
     PacketSender(notify), 
diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.h b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.h
index 4b9ffa377e..a065f3f53c 100644
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.h
+++ b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelEditPacketSender.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public:
     void setMaxPendingMessages(int maxPendingMessages) { _maxPendingMessages = maxPendingMessages; }
 
     // the default number of pending messages we will store if no voxel servers are available
-    const int DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_MESSAGES = PacketSender::DEFAULT_PACKETS_PER_SECOND; 
+    static const int DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_MESSAGES;
 
 private:
     bool _shouldSend;