diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb.c b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
index 0f8cef23f..2d6cee744 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb.c
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ hdb_create(krb5_context context, HDB **db, const char *filename)
 
     *db = NULL;
     if (filename == NULL)
-	filename = HDB_DEFAULT_DB;
+	filename = hdb_default_db(context);
+
     cb_ctx.h = find_method(filename, &cb_ctx.residual);
     cb_ctx.filename = filename;
 
@@ -822,8 +823,11 @@ hdb_create(krb5_context context, HDB **db, const char *filename)
                                filename);
         return ENOTSUP;
     }
-    if (!*db)
+    if (!*db) {
         ret = (*cb_ctx.h->create)(context, db, cb_ctx.residual);
+        if (ret == 0)
+            (*db)->hdb_method_name = cb_ctx.h->prefix;
+    }
     if (ret == 0 && *db)
         ret = load_config(context, *db);
     if (ret && *db) {
diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb.h b/lib/hdb/hdb.h
index 80c3020e8..558210f06 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb.h
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ typedef struct hdb_entry_ex {
 typedef struct HDB {
     void *hdb_db;
     void *hdb_dbc; /** don't use, only for DB3 */
+    const char *hdb_method_name;
     char *hdb_name;
     int hdb_master_key_set;
     hdb_master_key hdb_master_key;
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ typedef struct HDB {
     krb5_error_code (*hdb_set_sync)(krb5_context, struct HDB *, int);
 }HDB;
 
-#define HDB_INTERFACE_VERSION	10
+#define HDB_INTERFACE_VERSION	11
 
 struct hdb_method {
     int			version;
diff --git a/lib/hdb/keytab.c b/lib/hdb/keytab.c
index 97c923f08..83cc851d9 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/keytab.c
+++ b/lib/hdb/keytab.c
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ find_db (krb5_context context,
 	}
     }
     hdb_free_dbinfo(context, &head);
-    if (*dbname == NULL)
-	*dbname = strdup(HDB_DEFAULT_DB);
+    if (*dbname == NULL &&
+        (*dbname = strdup(hdb_default_db(context))) == NULL)
+        return krb5_enomem(context);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c b/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
index 3fb08b96a..cd9a6f57a 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
+++ b/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
@@ -527,7 +527,14 @@ receive_everything(krb5_context context, int fd,
     if (ret)
         krb5_err(context, IPROPD_RESTART, ret,
                  "Failed to lock iprop log for writes");
-    ret = asprintf(&dbname, "%s-NEW", server_context->db->hdb_name);
+    if (server_context->db->hdb_method_name) {
+        ret = asprintf(&dbname, "%.*s:%s-NEW",
+                       (int) strlen(server_context->db->hdb_method_name) - 1,
+                       server_context->db->hdb_method_name,
+                       server_context->db->hdb_name);
+    } else {
+        ret = asprintf(&dbname, "%s-NEW", server_context->db->hdb_name);
+    }
     if (ret == -1)
         krb5_err(context, IPROPD_RESTART, ENOMEM, "asprintf");
     ret = hdb_create(context, &mydb, dbname);