diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE b/configure/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
index 9b71f6bd4..07c714f66 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ ifneq ($(RELEASE_TOPS),)
 
 define  RELEASE_FLAGS_template
   export $(1)
-  $(1)_HOST_BIN = $$(strip $$($(1)))/bin/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
-  $(1)_HOST_LIB = $$(strip $$($(1)))/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
-  $(1)_BIN = $$(strip $$($(1)))/bin/$(T_A)
-  $(1)_LIB = $$(strip $$($(1)))/lib/$(T_A)
+  $(1)_HOST_BIN = $$(strip $$($(1)))/bin/$$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+  $(1)_HOST_LIB = $$(strip $$($(1)))/lib/$$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+  $(1)_BIN = $$(strip $$($(1)))/bin/$$(T_A)
+  $(1)_LIB = $$(strip $$($(1)))/lib/$$(T_A)
   SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS += $$($(1)_LIB)
   RELEASE_INCLUDES += $$(addprefix -I,$$(wildcard $$(strip $$($(1)))/include/os/$$(OS_CLASS)))
   RELEASE_INCLUDES += $$(addprefix -I,$$(wildcard $$(strip $$($(1)))/include))
   RELEASE_DBDFLAGS += $$(addprefix -I,$$(wildcard $$(strip $$($(1)))/dbd))
+  RELEASE_DBFLAGS += $$(addprefix -I,$$(wildcard $$(strip $$($(1)))/db))
   RELEASE_PERL_MODULE_DIRS += $$(wildcard $$($(1)_LIB)/perl)
 endef
 $(foreach top, $(RELEASE_TOPS), $(eval $(call RELEASE_FLAGS_template,$(top)) ))