diff --git a/include/ldap_defaults.h b/include/ldap_defaults.h
index d4d1198b17..c0f6b53899 100644
--- a/include/ldap_defaults.h
+++ b/include/ldap_defaults.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ Please try again later.\r\n"
  */
 	/* location of the default slapd config file */
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_CONFIGFILE	LDAP_SYSCONFDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "slapd.conf"
+#define SLAPD_DEFAULT_DB_DIR		LDAP_DATADIR LDAP_DIRSEP "openldap-data"
+#define SLAPD_DEFAULT_DB_MODE		0600
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_UCDATA		LDAP_DATADIR LDAP_DIRSEP "ucdata"
 	/* default max deref depth for aliases */
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_MAXDEREFDEPTH	15