diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index e8699a6b04..afd606c403 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ if(${BUILD_WITH_BDB})
         IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bdb/libdb.a"
         INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bdb"
     )
+    target_link_libraries(bdb 
+        INTERFACE pthread 
+    )
 endif(${BUILD_WITH_BDB})
 
 # SQLite
diff --git a/deps/test/bdb/bdbTest.c b/deps/test/bdb/bdbTest.c
index a3e94b6ec1..ab80b33fd0 100644
--- a/deps/test/bdb/bdbTest.c
+++ b/deps/test/bdb/bdbTest.c
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include "db.h"
 
+// refer: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17076_05/html/gsg/C/BerkeleyDB-Core-C-GSG.pdf
+
 int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
-  printf("Hello world!\n");
+  DB *     db;
+  int      ret;
+  uint32_t flags;
+
+  ret = db_create(&db, NULL, 0);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  flags = DB_CREATE;
+
+  ret = db->open(db, NULL, "test.db", NULL, DB_BTREE, flags, 0);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  db->close(db, 0);
+
   return 0;
 }