diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a1737e1ae..05c557289 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 	privacy flag and comment to the privacy flag and note of the new
 	EventRef for old witness_by_ID references.
 
+	* src/GrampsDb/Makefile.am, .cvsignore: Add to CVS.
+	* configure.in: Create Makefile in new directory.
+
 2005-12-21 Richard Taylor <rjt-gramps@thegrindstone.me.uk>
 	* src/EditSource.py: fixed small mistake in display_references
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5599a24a4..1bf441bb7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ Makefile
 src/Makefile
 src/const.py
 src/RelLib/Makefile
+src/GrampsDb/Makefile
 src/docgen/Makefile
 src/plugins/Makefile
 src/dates/Makefile
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/.cvsignore b/src/GrampsDb/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3ec8f1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/Makefile.am b/src/GrampsDb/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f83b18da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This is the src/RelLib level Makefile for Gramps
+# We could use GNU make's ':=' syntax for nice wildcard use,
+# but that is not necessarily portable.
+# If not using GNU make, then list all .py files individually
+
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/RelLib
+
+pkgdata_PYTHON = \
+	_GedcomInfo.py\
+	_GrampsBSDDB.py\
+	_GrampsDbBase.py\
+	_GrampsDBCallback.py\
+	_GrampsDbExceptions.py\
+	_GrampsDbFactories.py\
+	_GrampsGEDDB.py\
+	_GrampsInMemDB.py\
+	_GrampsXMLDB.py\
+	__init__.py\
+	_ReadGedcom.py\
+	_ReadGrdb.py\
+	_ReadXML.py\
+	_WriteGedcom.py\
+	_WriteGrdb.py\
+	_WriteXML.py
+
+pkgpyexecdir = @pkgpyexecdir@/RelLib
+pkgpythondir = @pkgpythondir@/RelLib
+
+GRAMPS_PY_MODPATH = "../"
+
+pycheck: 
+	(export PYTHONPATH=$(GRAMPS_PY_MODPATH); \
+	pychecker $(pkgdata_PYTHON));