diff --git a/package/base/bdb/bdb.conf b/package/base/bdb/bdb.conf
index a5c25b81e..7a8ef9f8d 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb/bdb.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb/bdb.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ is_bdb_default() {
 
 # we need the install-sh here, since our gnu-install does not
 # handle the transform-name ...
-is_bdb_default || var_append confopt ' ' "--program-transform-name='s/db/${xpkg:1}/'"
+if ! is_bdb_default; then
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--program-transform-name='s/db/${xpkg:1}/'"
+	var_append makeinstopt ' ' "transform='s/db/${xpkg:1}/'"
+	# var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" 'sed "s,bin/db,bin/${xpkg:1},"'
+fi
 
 # bdb doesn't like some of our make options
 makeopt="docdir=$docdir all"
diff --git a/package/base/bdb/transform-name.patch_bdb42 b/package/base/bdb/transform-name.patch_bdb42
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d57aefa92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/bdb/transform-name.patch_bdb42
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- ./dist/Makefile.in.orig	2004-09-07 05:07:00.193054384 +0200
++++ ./dist/Makefile.in	2004-09-07 05:08:29.964407064 +0200
+@@ -812,11 +812,7 @@
+ 	    ($(mkdir) -p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && \
+ 	    $(chmod) $(dmode) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir))
+ 	@for i in $(UTIL_PROGS); do \
+-		$(rm) -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i.exe; \
+-		test -f $$i.exe && i=$$i.exe || true; \
+-		$(INSTALLER) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i; \
+-		test -f $(strip) && $(strip) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i || true; \
+-		$(chmod) $(emode) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i; \
++		cp $$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`basename $$i | sed $(transform)`; \
+ 	done
+ 
+ uninstall_utilities: