diff --git a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
index 6ff91c9b..37eb7ba5 100644
--- a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ src_configure() {
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
         --with-distro=lfs \
         --disable-stack-protector \
-        --enable-dbm \
+        --enable-gdbm \
+        --disable-dbm \
         --enable-static \
         --enable-shared \
         --disable-glib \