diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 51d45ce..7418732 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 %define new_perl_flags LD_PRELOAD=/%{new_arch_lib}/CORE/libperl.so LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{new_arch_lib}/CORE PERL5LIB=%{new_perl_lib}:%{comp_perl_lib}
 %define new_perl %{new_perl_flags} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/perl
 
+%define db4_major %(grep "DB_VERSION_MAJOR" /usr/include/db.h | cut -f3)
+%define db4_minor %(grep "DB_VERSION_MINOR" /usr/include/db.h | cut -f3)
+%define db4_patch %(grep "DB_VERSION_PATCH" /usr/include/db.h | cut -f3)
+
 %define perl_version    5.8.8
 %define perl_epoch      4
 
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@
 
 Name:           perl
 Version:        %{perl_version}
-Release:        28%{?dist}.2
+Release:        28%{?dist}.3
 Epoch:          %{perl_epoch}
 Summary:        The Perl programming language
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ Obsoletes: perl-Filter-Simple
 Obsoletes: perl-Time-HiRes
 
 Requires: perl-libs = %{perl_epoch}:%{perl_version}-%{release}
+Requires: db4-devel = %{db4_major}.%{db4_minor}.%{db4_patch}
 
 # Filter the automatically generated dependencies.
 #
@@ -778,6 +783,9 @@ make test
 # Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zarro. Uh uh. Nope. Sorry.
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 15 2007 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 4:5.8.8-28.3
+- add versioned Requires for db4-devel that we built against (resolves 144672)
+
 * Mon Oct 15 2007 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 4:5.8.8-28.2
 - bump again for db4 version increase