Index: xemacs-21.5.29/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- xemacs-21.5.29.orig/configure.ac
+++ xemacs-21.5.29/configure.ac
@@ -5419,8 +5419,8 @@ fi
 
 dnl Check for DBM support in libgdbm.
 if test "$enable_database_gdbm" != "no"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(gdbm, dbm_open, [
-   enable_database_gdbm=yes enable_database_dbm=no libdbm=-lgdbm], [
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(ndbm, dbm_open, [
+   enable_database_gdbm=yes enable_database_dbm=no libdbm=-lndbm], [
        AC_CHECK_LIB(gdbm_compat, dbm_open, [
        enable_database_gdbm=yes enable_database_dbm=no libdbm="-lgdbm_compat -lgdbm"], [
    if test "$enable_database_gdbm" = "yes"; then