diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
          dnl the user (--without-wallet or --without-gui for example).
 
          openssl_prefix=`$BREW --prefix openssl 2>/dev/null`
-         bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db4 2>/dev/null`
+         bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db 2>/dev/null`
          qt5_prefix=`$BREW --prefix qt5 2>/dev/null`
          if test x$openssl_prefix != x; then
            PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$openssl_prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"