diff --git a/sasl/sasl-db4.patch b/sasl/sasl-db4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..557a694407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sasl/sasl-db4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.7.orig/sasldb/db_berkeley.c cyrus-sasl-2.1.7/sasldb/db_berkeley.c
+--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.7.orig/sasldb/db_berkeley.c	Fri Jul  5 17:45:13 2002
++++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.7/sasldb/db_berkeley.c	Mon Oct 14 22:00:50 2002
+@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@
+     ret = db_create(mbdb, NULL, 0);
+     if (ret == 0 && *mbdb != NULL)
+     {
+-	    ret = (*mbdb)->open(*mbdb, path, NULL, DB_HASH, flags, 0660);
++#if DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 1
++        ret = (*mbdb)->open(*mbdb, NULL, path, NULL, DB_HASH, flags, 0660);
++#else
++        ret = (*mbdb)->open(*mbdb, path, NULL, DB_HASH, flags, 0660);
++#endif
+ 	    if (ret != 0)
+ 	    {
+ 		    (void) (*mbdb)->close(*mbdb, 0);
+diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.7.orig/utils/dbconverter-2.c cyrus-sasl-2.1.7/utils/dbconverter-2.c
+--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.7.orig/utils/dbconverter-2.c	Fri Jul  5 17:44:43 2002
++++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.7/utils/dbconverter-2.c	Mon Oct 14 22:04:56 2002
+@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@
+     ret = db_create(mbdb, NULL, 0);
+     if (ret == 0 && *mbdb != NULL)
+     {
++#if DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 1
++	    ret = (*mbdb)->open(*mbdb, NULL, path, NULL, DB_HASH, DB_CREATE, 0664);
++#else
+ 	    ret = (*mbdb)->open(*mbdb, path, NULL, DB_HASH, DB_CREATE, 0664);
++#endif
+ 	    if (ret != 0)
+ 	    {
+ 		    (void) (*mbdb)->close(*mbdb, 0);