diff --git a/depends/packages/bdb.mk b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
index c8f677490..152a7ffbe 100644
--- a/depends/packages/bdb.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ $(package)_file_name=db-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=47612c8991aa9ac2f6be721267c8d3cdccf5ac83105df8e50809daea24e95dc7
 $(package)_build_subdir=build_unix
 
+ifneq ($(host_os),darwin)
+$(package)_dependencies=libcxx
+endif
+
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication --enable-option-checking
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32=--enable-mingw
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 $(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
@@ -14,7 +18,13 @@ ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin=--disable-atomicsupport
 endif
 $(package)_config_opts_aarch64=--disable-atomicsupport
-$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
+$(package)_cxxflags+=-std=c++17
+
+ifeq ($(host_os),freebsd)
+  $(package)_ldflags+=-static-libstdc++ -lcxxrt
+else
+  $(package)_ldflags+=-static-libstdc++ -lc++abi
+endif
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds