diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c5f34d89c5..01f9e067d9 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1244,3 +1244,5 @@ libmicrohttpd.so.10 libmicrohttpd-0.9.26_1
 libgit2.so.0 libgit2-0.18.0_1
 libagg.so.2 agg-2.5_1
 libzzip-0.so.13 zziplib-0.13.62_1
+libdb-5.3.so libdb-5.3.21_1
+libdb_cxx-5.3.so libdb-5.3.21_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/db/template b/srcpkgs/db/template
index 852fdffab1..92b1be52ff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/db/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/db/template
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 # Template file for 'db'
 pkgname=db
-version=4.8.30
-revision=4
+version=5.3.21
+revision=1
 wrksrc="db-${version}"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-build_wrksrc="build_unix"
-configure_script="../dist/configure"
-configure_args="--enable-compat185 --enable-cxx --enable-o_direct
- --enable-posixmutexes --disable-static"
-make_build_args="LIBSO_LIBS=-lpthread"
-short_desc="The Berkeley DB from Oracle"
+short_desc="The Berkeley DB embedded database system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/berkeleydb/overview/index.html"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e0491a07cdb21fb9aa82773bbbedaeb7639cbd0e7f96147ab46141e0045db72a
+checksum=ddd92a930317df92021054c03992392db9ea5cddba43bef8920d392a82114fb8
+
+do_configure() {
+	cd build_unix
+	../dist/configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --enable-compat185 \
+		--enable-cxx --enable-static --enable-dbm
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	cd build_unix
+	make LIBSO_LIBS=-lpthread ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cd build_unix
+	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 
-post_install() {
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/*
 	vmkdir usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${version}
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/docs/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${version}
@@ -25,38 +33,38 @@ post_install() {
 
 db-devel_package() {
 	depends="libdb>=${version} libdb-cxx>=${version}"
-	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 	}
 }
 
 db-docs_package() {
-	short_desc+=" -- documentation files"
+	short_desc+=" - documentation files"
 	noarch=yes
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/share/doc
 	}
 }
 
-db_package() {
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin
-	}
-}
-
 libdb-cxx_package() {
-	short_desc+=" -- C++ shared libraries"
+	short_desc+=" - C++ shared libraries"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/libdb_cxx*.so*"
 	}
 }
 
 libdb_package() {
-	short_desc+=" -- C shared libraries"
-	replaces="db<4.8.26"
+	short_desc+=" - C shared libraries"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/libdb.so*"
 		vmove "usr/lib/libdb-*.so*"
 	}
 }
+
+db_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}