diff --git a/exim.changes b/exim.changes
index bf4a8d8..0fad36c 100644
--- a/exim.changes
+++ b/exim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Aug 24 11:13:55 CEST 2020 - wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de
+
+- bring back missing exim_db.8 manual page
+
 Mon Jun  8 11:24:08 CEST 2020 - wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de
 
 - bring in changes from current +fixes (lots of taint check fixes)
diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index e6a11fc..91fb324 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Source30:       eximstats-html-update.py
 Source31:       eximstats.conf
 Source32:       eximstats.conf-2.2
 Source40:       exim.service
+Source41:       exim_db.8.gz
 Patch0:         exim-tail.patch
 Patch1:         gnu_printf.patch
 Patch2:         patch-exim-4.94+fixes-0e8319c3edebfec2158fbaa4898af27cb3225c99
@@ -346,6 +347,8 @@ cp -p %{S:1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.exim
 install -m 0644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d/exim
 # man pages
 mv doc/exim.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/
+cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/exim_db.8.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8
+gunzip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/exim_db.8.gz
 pod2man --center=EXIM --section=8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/eximstats > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/eximstats.8
 for i in \
 	sendmail \
diff --git a/exim_db.8.gz b/exim_db.8.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93e5561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exim_db.8.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:96bacafe6e44d786e310c7ee49a8f9d6f170f761b18961a110db81893d26f2e9
+size 3278