diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 5b70c58..e0fd68f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ build() {
     --includedir=/usr/include/db5.3 \
     --enable-compat185 \
     --enable-shared \
-    --enable-static \
+    --disable-static \
     --enable-cxx \
     --enable-dbm \
     --enable-stl
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ build() {
 package() {
   make -C db-${pkgver}/build_unix DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
   install -Dm644 db-${pkgver}/LICENSE "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE
+  install -d "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/db5.3
   rm "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libdb.so
   rm "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libdb_cxx.so
   rm "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libdb_stl.so
+  ln -s ../libdb-5.3.so "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/db5.3/libdb.so
+  ln -s ../libdb_cxx-5.3.so "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/db5.3/libdb_cxx.so
+  ln -s ../libdb_stl-5.3.so "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/db5.3/libdb_stl.so
   rm -r "${pkgdir}"/usr/docs
 }