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diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index a17424196a..51e2a3e058 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -53,6 +53,28 @@
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match))
 
+(define-public gdbm
+  (package
+    (name "gdbm")
+    (version "1.11")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gdbm/gdbm-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1hz3jgh3pd4qzp6jy0l8pd8x01g9abw7csnrlnj1a2sxy122z4cd"))))
+    (arguments `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-libgdbm-compat")))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/")
+    (synopsis
+     "Hash library of database functions compatible with traditional dbm")
+    (description
+     "GDBM is a library for manipulating hashed databases.  It is used to
+store key/value pairs in a file in a manner similar to the Unix dbm library
+and provides interfaces to the traditional file format.")
+    (license gpl3+)))
+
 (define-public bdb
   (package
     (name "bdb")