diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 5f6a302fa..74c2089f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  - added an eject command to kiss
  - added a "check for modified files" option to mine ("-y" for now ...)
  - Alejandro Mery: changed postgresql to default to install into /opt/postgresql
+                   added include/db_185.h symlink
 
 *) 2003-12-24 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
index eba88875e..362a94b91 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 # include the generic config for any bdb
 . $base/package/base/bdb*/bdb_config.sh
 
+# default symlinks db.h db_185.h db/ for headers
 hook_add postmake 3 "ln -sfv ${pkg:1}/db.h $root/$prefix/include/db.h"
+hook_add postmake 3 "ln -sfv ${pkg:1}/db_185.h $root/$prefix/include/db_185.h"
 hook_add postmake 4 'ln -sfv ${pkg:1} $root/$prefix/include/${pkg:1:3}'
diff --git a/package/base/bdb42/bdb42.conf b/package/base/bdb42/bdb42.conf
index 5c44a8d38..d0d1122c2 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb42/bdb42.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb42/bdb42.conf
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@
 . $base/package/base/bdb*/bdb_config.sh
 
 # not yet the default
+## default symlinks db.h db_185.h db/ for headers
 #hook_add postmake 3 "ln -sfv ${pkg:1}/db.h $root/$prefix/include/db.h"
+#hook_add postmake 3 "ln -sfv ${pkg:1}/db_185.h $root/$prefix/include/db_185.h"
 #hook_add postmake 4 'ln -sfv ${pkg:1} $root/$prefix/include/${pkg:1:3}'