diff --git a/tests/ldap/slapd-init.in b/tests/ldap/slapd-init.in
index f6e9fe93a..1f29340dd 100644
--- a/tests/ldap/slapd-init.in
+++ b/tests/ldap/slapd-init.in
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ done
 touch modules.conf || exit 1
 
 if ! slapadd -d 0 -f "${srcdir}/slapd.conf" < "${srcdir}/init.ldif"; then
-    echo "moduleload back_bdb.la"   >> modules.conf
+    echo "moduleload back_mdb.la"   >> modules.conf
     if ! slapadd -d 0 -f "${srcdir}/slapd.conf" < "${srcdir}/init.ldif"; then
         echo "modulepath /usr/lib/ldap"  > modules.conf
-        echo "moduleload back_bdb.la"   >> modules.conf
+        echo "moduleload back_mdb.la"   >> modules.conf
         slapadd -d 0 -f "${srcdir}/slapd.conf" < "${srcdir}/init.ldif" || exit 1
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/tests/ldap/slapd.conf b/tests/ldap/slapd.conf
index caec47207..9b800c50d 100644
--- a/tests/ldap/slapd.conf
+++ b/tests/ldap/slapd.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include modules.conf
 
 defaultsearchbase "o=TEST,dc=H5L,dc=SE"
 
-database	bdb
+database	mdb
 suffix		"o=TEST,dc=H5L,dc=SE"
 directory	db
 index           objectClass eq