diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 82107ffc8f3bb7aafba71e26602e713418a142f5..a17f509a4a2c4256aebbfde68703a1a4cd17e94b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ outfiles="$outfiles Makeconf GNUmakefile \
 	discvr/GNUmakefile \
 	db/libdb.pm db/inuse db/avail db/nodeip db/showgraph \
 	db/dhcpd_makeconf db/nodelog db/webnodelog db/unixgroups \
-	db/dbcheck db/interswitch\
+	db/dbcheck db/interswitch db/dbboot \
 	ipod/GNUmakefile \
 	lib/GNUmakefile \
 	os/GNUmakefile os/split-image.sh os/imagezip/GNUmakefile \
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3cccc3e9556b8f31b39fd5c404c6e8c07cbd6a4c..36678eb0a14db00ec44162063e6c72244d9e109a 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ outfiles="$outfiles Makeconf GNUmakefile \
 	discvr/GNUmakefile \
 	db/libdb.pm db/inuse db/avail db/nodeip db/showgraph \
 	db/dhcpd_makeconf db/nodelog db/webnodelog db/unixgroups \
-	db/dbcheck db/interswitch\
+	db/dbcheck db/interswitch db/dbboot \
 	ipod/GNUmakefile \
 	lib/GNUmakefile \
 	os/GNUmakefile os/split-image.sh os/imagezip/GNUmakefile \
diff --git a/db/GNUmakefile.in b/db/GNUmakefile.in
index dd4a4150b47e49605429dbe44c64d60943b410ae..cb6a85807c7d801588e69e2d5a07c5278bfe14ac 100644
--- a/db/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/db/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(OBJDIR)/Makeconf
 BIN_SCRIPTS	= nalloc nfree nodeip
 SBIN_SCRIPTS	= avail inuse showgraph if2port backup webcontrol node_status \
                   genelists genelists.proxy dhcpd_makeconf nodelog unixgroups \
-		  dbcheck interswitch
+		  dbcheck interswitch dbboot
 LIBEXEC_SCRIPTS = webnodelog
 LIB_SCRIPTS     = libdb.pm
 
diff --git a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
index 7edc534c0dea98dadc9a9d45c7a152450d80d614..68b16d29718166023ed0943876f301f611bfc68d 100755
--- a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
+++ b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #
 # Utah Network Testbed local startup
 #
+if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/dbboot ]; then
+        echo -n " dbboot"
+        @prefix@/sbin/dbboot
+fi
+
 if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/bootinfo.restart  ]; then
         echo -n " bootinfo"
         @prefix@/sbin/bootinfo.restart