diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.10.bb b/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.10.bb
index 26b80093e7..6b68d27cce 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.10.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=241da1b9fe42e642cbb2c24d5e0c4d24"
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gdbm/gdbm-${PV}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ do_install_append () {
     ln -sf ../ndbm.h ${D}/${includedir}/gdbm/ndbm.h
     ln -sf ../gdbm.h ${D}/${includedir}/gdbm/gdbm.h
 }
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-compat \
+            "
+FILES_${PN}-compat = "${libdir}/libgdbm_compat${SOLIBS} \
+                     "