diff --git a/database/opendbx/opendbx.conf b/database/opendbx/opendbx.conf
index a0d44efc2..12bd111d7 100644
--- a/database/opendbx/opendbx.conf
+++ b/database/opendbx/opendbx.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../opendbx/opendbx.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
 backends=
 if pkginstalled mysql; then
 	var_append backends ' ' 'mysql'
+	var_append configprefix ' ' 'CPPFLAGS="-I$( pkgprefix includedir mysql )/mysql" LDFLAGS="-L$( pkgprefix libdir mysql )/mysql"'
 fi
 if pkginstalled postgresql; then
 	var_append backends ' ' 'pgsql'
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ if pkginstalled sqlite; then
 fi
 
 var_append confopt ' ' "'--with-backends=\"\$backends\"'"
+