diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb b/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
index 0b51a1d440..1b25fd4685 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e0a992d740709892e81f9d93f06daf305cf73fb81b545afe7247804317
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=ed1158e31437f4f87cdd4ab2b8613955"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools multilib_header
 
 # Put virtual/db in any appropriate provider of a
 # relational database, use it as a dependency in
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ do_install_append() {
 	ln -s db51/db.h ${D}/${includedir}/db.h
 	ln -s db51/db_cxx.h ${D}/${includedir}/db_cxx.h
 
+        oe_multilib_header db51/db.h
+
 	# The docs end up in /usr/docs - not right.
 	if test -d "${D}/${prefix}/docs"
 	then