diff -up db-4.7.25/dist/configure.ac.jni db-4.7.25/dist/configure.ac
--- db-4.7.25/dist/configure.ac.jni	2008-08-20 14:22:59.000000000 +0200
+++ db-4.7.25/dist/configure.ac	2008-08-20 14:23:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ if test "$db_cv_java" = "yes"; then
 	AC_PROG_JAVAC
 	AC_PROG_JAR
 	AC_PROG_JAVA
-	AC_JNI_INCLUDE_DIR
+	JNI_INCLUDE_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/java/include /usr/lib/jvm/java/include/linux"
 
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(java version)
         case "$JAVA" in