diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_4.16.1.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_4.16.1.3.bb
index 2857cd730c..f9c04cf680 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_4.16.1.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_4.16.1.3.bb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 # included in 4.16.1.3
 CVE_CHECK_WHIETLIST += "CVE-2021-20271"
 
-DEPENDS = "libgcrypt db file popt xz bzip2 elfutils python3"
+DEPENDS = "libgcrypt file popt xz bzip2 elfutils python3"
 DEPENDS_append_class-native = " file-replacement-native bzip2-replacement-native"
 
 inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig python3native
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_append_class-nativesdk = " --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-plugins"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'inhibit', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "bdb ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'inhibit', '', d)}"
 # The inhibit plugin serves no purpose outside of the target
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_class-native = "inhibit"
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_class-nativesdk = "inhibit"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG[bdb] = "--enable-bdb,--disable-bdb,db"
 PACKAGECONFIG[imaevm] = "--with-imaevm,,ima-evm-utils"
 PACKAGECONFIG[inhibit] = "--enable-inhibit-plugin,--disable-inhibit-plugin,dbus"
 PACKAGECONFIG[rpm2archive] = "--with-archive,--without-archive,libarchive"