diff --git a/mail/balsa2/Makefile b/mail/balsa2/Makefile
index e1c4fad78ee2..7adbfe4e2e8d 100644
--- a/mail/balsa2/Makefile
+++ b/mail/balsa2/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	ldap.2:${PORTSDIR}/net/openldap2 \
 		gnomeui-2.0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/libgnomeui \
 		gnomeprintui-2.0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/libgnomeprintui \
 		gtkhtml-2.0:${PORTSDIR}/www/libgtkhtml \
-		gdbm-1.8:${PORTSDIR}/databases/gdbm
+		gdbm.2:${PORTSDIR}/databases/gdbm
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ispell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ispell
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes