diff --git a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
index 98cfc4e9..6e8a1dde 100644
--- a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ src_configure() {
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
         --with-distro=lfs \
+        --enable-dbm \
         --enable-static \
         --enable-shared \
         --disable-glib \
diff --git a/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/pass1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd76d51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/pass1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+src_prepare() {
+    default
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    local host_triplet
+    host_triplet="$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
+
+    PATH="${PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" \
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix="${PREFIX}" \
+        --libdir="${LIBDIR}" \
+        --includedir="${PREFIX}/include" \
+        --host="${host_triplet}" \
+        --build="${host_triplet}" \
+        --enable-static \
+        --enable-shared
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+    default_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+    default_src_install
+}
diff --git a/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/sources b/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..463d79aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/gdbm-1.8.3/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.3.tar.gz cc340338a2e28b40058ab9eb5354a21d53f88a1582ea21ba0bb185c37a281dc9 gdbm-1.8.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/steps-guix/manifest b/steps-guix/manifest
index 9df562a5..9610b3f8 100644
--- a/steps-guix/manifest
+++ b/steps-guix/manifest
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ build: scheme-bytestructures-2.0.2
 build: libevent-2.1.12
 build: expat-2.7.4
 build: dbus-1.16.2
+build: gdbm-1.8.3
 build: avahi-0.8
 build: guile-avahi-0.4.1
 build: guile-git-0.10.0