diff --git a/database/gdbm/gdbm.conf b/database/gdbm/gdbm.conf
index 45d1294aa..7d0678b7b 100644
--- a/database/gdbm/gdbm.conf
+++ b/database/gdbm/gdbm.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gdbm/gdbm.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+# We have a newer automake
+hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vifs'
+
 # Build and install libgdbm_compat. (Default is NO.)
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-libgdbm-compat"
diff --git a/database/gdbm/gdbm.desc b/database/gdbm/gdbm.desc
index 25153137d..6b8bec288 100644
--- a/database/gdbm/gdbm.desc
+++ b/database/gdbm/gdbm.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../gdbm/gdbm.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.10
+[V] 1.11
 [P] X ---3-----9 104.800
 
-[D] 4097890056 gdbm-1.10.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdbm/
+[D] 3975436965 gdbm-1.11.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdbm/