diff --git a/databases/p5-GDBM/Makefile b/databases/p5-GDBM/Makefile
index aad4c2d8348a..47370d3010c3 100644
--- a/databases/p5-GDBM/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-GDBM/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	GDBM
-PORTVERSION=	1.08
+PORTVERSION=	1.09
 CATEGORIES=	databases perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN/../../src
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
-DISTNAME=	perl-5.8.8
+DISTNAME=	perl-5.8.9
+DIST_SUBDIR=	perl
 
 MAINTAINER=	pgollucci@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GNU Data Base Manager (gdbm) interface
diff --git a/databases/p5-GDBM/distinfo b/databases/p5-GDBM/distinfo
index 97635c5a0552..20063ed47550 100644
--- a/databases/p5-GDBM/distinfo
+++ b/databases/p5-GDBM/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2) = a377c0c67ab43fd96eeec29ce19e8382
-SHA256 (perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2) = 818a140d9c04ea8dab3a05104b34ced7f7d9d0a91bfed91baf89a84d0dfb1bc9
-SIZE (perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2) = 10123359
+MD5 (perl/perl-5.8.9.tar.bz2) = 1cb52a76ce77fa300218da96577793ec
+SHA256 (perl/perl-5.8.9.tar.bz2) = 1097fbcd48ceccb2bc735d119c9db399a02a8ab9f7dc53e29e47e6a8d0d72e79
+SIZE (perl/perl-5.8.9.tar.bz2) = 11121414