diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
index 947e432f6c8..45246f9e2c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'gdbm'
 pkgname=gdbm
 version=1.10
-revision=3
-homepage="http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/"
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+revision=4
+subpackages="gdbm-devel"
+makedepends="automake>=1.13.1_2 gettext-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-libgdbm-compat"
+configure_args="--enable-libgdbm-compat --disable-rpath"
 short_desc="GNU database routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=23f8134c5b94bbfb06d756a6b78f074fba6e6028cf2fe01341d40b26db773441
 long_desc="
  GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing.
  It works similar to the standard Unix dbm routines."
 
-subpackages="gdbm-devel"
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	# create symlinks for compatibility