diff --git a/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail-8.19.0.0-newdb.patch b/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail-8.19.0.0-newdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0310e7f9dff1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-mta/sendmail/files/sendmail-8.19.0.0-newdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Link: https://narkive.com/H54UQbMD.3
+Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/971182
+
+--- a/libsmdb/smdb2.c
++++ b/libsmdb/smdb2.c
+@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
+ 
+ static void
+ db_err_cb(
+-#  if DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 3
++#  if DB_VERSION_MAJOR > 4 || DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 3
+ 	  const DB_ENV *dbenv, const char *errpfx, const char *msg
+ #  else
+ 	  const char *errpfx, char *msg
diff --git a/mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0.ebuild b/mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0.ebuild
rename to mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0-r1.ebuild
index 8b7f6c28c5fb6..221c435e3c606 100644
--- a/mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/mail-mta/sendmail/sendmail-8.19.0.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ PDEPEND="
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.13.1-delivered_hdr.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.16.1-build-system.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.19.0.0-newdb.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {