diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 779071ee76..6b400c7e49 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-23  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* configure.in -- Apply Bill Nottingham's patch to use db4/db_185.h
+	  (fixes #104178)
+
 2003-01-22  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* src/bin/gnucash: Tell guile 1.6 not to bitch about deprecated
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5026dc4770..1b93b4f56a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ if test "$prefer_db1" = "yes"; then
  AC_CHECK_LIB(db1, dbopen, DB_LIBS="-ldb1",
   AC_CHECK_LIB(db, dbopen, DB_LIBS="-ldb",
    AC_CHECK_LIB(db-3, __db185_open, DB_LIBS="-ldb-3",
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode])
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(db-4.0, __db185_open, DB_LIBS="-ldb-4.0",
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode])
+    )
    )
   )
  )
@@ -699,7 +701,9 @@ else
  AC_CHECK_LIB(db, dbopen, DB_LIBS="-ldb",
   AC_CHECK_LIB(db1, dbopen, DB_LIBS="-ldb1",
    AC_CHECK_LIB(db-3, __db185_open, DB_LIBS="-ldb-3",
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode])
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(db-4.0, __db185_open, DB_LIBS="-ldb-4.0",
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode])
+    )
    )
   )
  )
@@ -708,15 +712,15 @@ fi
 
 dnl look for db headers
 if test "$prefer_db1" = "yes"; then
-	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(db_185.h db1/db.h)
-	if test "$ac_cv_header_db_185_h$ac_cv_header_db1_db_h" = nono; then
+	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(db_185.h db1/db.h db4/db_185.h)
+	if test "$ac_cv_header_db_185_h$ac_cv_header_db1_db_h$ac_cv_header_db4_db_185_h" = nonono; then
 	  AC_MSG_ERROR([Berkeley db library required for GnuCash])
 	fi
 	AC_DEFINE(PREFER_DB1)
 else
-	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(db.h db_185.h db1/db.h)
+	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(db.h db_185.h db1/db.h db4/db_185.h)
 
-	if test "$ac_cv_header_db_h$ac_cv_header_db_185_h$ac_cv_header_db1_db_h" = nonono; then
+	if test "$ac_cv_header_db_h$ac_cv_header_db_185_h$ac_cv_header_db1_db_h$ac_cv_header_db4_db_185_h" = nononono; then
 	  AC_MSG_ERROR([Berkeley db library required for GnuCash])
 	fi
 fi