diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 44870f9f..7dad9c85 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -27,23 +27,28 @@ if( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
 endif( )
 
 
-# check for berkeley db
+##### check for berkeley db ####################
 # we need at least bdb 4.1, but I do not check for version
 # because this is really old and trinity will not
 # working anyway on such old systems
+find_file( USE_DB_H_PATH NAMES "db5/db.h" "db4/db.h" "db.h" )
+
 check_c_source_compiles("
-    #include <db.h>
-    void main() { DB *db; db->open(db, 0, 0, NULL, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0644); } "
+    #include <${USE_DB_H_PATH}>
+    #include <stddef.h>
+    int main() { DB *db; db->open(db, 0, 0, NULL, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0644); } "
   HAVE_BERKELEY_DB )
 
 if( HAVE_BERKELEY_DB )
-  set( BDB_LIBRARY db )
-else( )
-  tde_message_fatal( "berkeley db are required, but not found on your system" )
+  find_library( BDB_LIBRARY db PATH_SUFFIXES db5 db4 )
+endif( )
+
+if( NOT BDB_LIBRARY )
+  tde_message_fatal( "berkeley db is required, but was not found on your system" )
 endif( )
 
 
-# check for subversion
+##### check for subversion #####################
 if( WITH_VCS_SUBVERSION )
   pkg_search_module( APR apr-1 )
   if( NOT APR_FOUND )
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index d472dc5d..790ee5b3 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_STROPTS_H 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_MKFIFO 1
+
+// lib/catalog
+#cmakedefine USE_DB_H_PATH <@USE_DB_H_PATH@>
diff --git a/lib/catalog/catalog.cpp b/lib/catalog/catalog.cpp
index 1422a624..f86dd88d 100644
--- a/lib/catalog/catalog.cpp
+++ b/lib/catalog/catalog.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@
 #include <krandomsequence.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
 
-
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <db.h>
 
 #include <config.h>
 
+#ifdef USE_DB_H_PATH
+#include USE_DB_H_PATH
+#else
+#include <db.h>
+#endif
+
 struct _Catalog_Private
 {
     TQString dbName;