diff --git a/srcpkgs/tdb/depends b/srcpkgs/tdb/depends
index f5b81e443e3..b4422d83d27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tdb/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/tdb/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=2.0.1"
+abi_depends=">=1.2.2"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tdb/template b/srcpkgs/tdb/template
index c1096517e52..0df0f4b0a86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tdb/template
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ pre_configure()
 {
 	cd ${wrksrc} && ./autogen.sh
 }
+
+post_install()
+{
+	# _PUBLIC_ is only defined internally!
+	sed -i -e "s|_PUBLIC_ ||g" ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/tdb.h
+}