diff -urN Modules/_dbmmodule.c Modules/_dbmmodule.c
--- Modules/_dbmmodule.c	2008-11-25 19:19:17.000000000 +0000
+++ Modules/_dbmmodule.c	2008-12-04 22:24:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #elif defined(HAVE_GDBM_NDBM_H)
 #include <gdbm/ndbm.h>
 static char *which_dbm = "GNU gdbm";
+#elif defined(HAVE_GDBM_DASH_NDBM_H)
+#include <gdbm-ndbm.h>
+static char *which_dbm = "GNU gdbm";
 #elif defined(HAVE_BERKDB_H)
 #include <db.h>
 static char *which_dbm = "Berkeley DB";
diff -urN setup.py setup.py
--- setup.py	2008-11-04 20:45:29.000000000 +0000
+++ setup.py	2008-12-04 23:40:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -788,6 +788,11 @@
                 exts.append( Extension('_dbm', ['_dbmmodule.c'],
                                        define_macros=[('HAVE_GDBM_NDBM_H',None)],
                                        libraries = ['gdbm'] ) )
+            elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'gdbm_compat')
+                  and find_file("gdbm-ndbm.h", inc_dirs, []) is not None):
+                exts.append( Extension('_dbm', ['_dbmmodule.c'],
+                                       define_macros=[('HAVE_GDBM_DASH_NDBM_H',None)],
+                                       libraries = ['gdbm_compat'] ) )
             elif db_incs is not None:
                 exts.append( Extension('_dbm', ['_dbmmodule.c'],
                                        library_dirs=dblib_dir,