diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1211955a..7e7311253 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ else (MSVC)
 find_package (Curses)
 endif (MSVC)
 
-find_package (SQLite3)
-find_package (BerkeleyDB)
+if (ERESSEA_DB STREQUAL "db")
+find_package (BerkeleyDB REQUIRED QUIET)
+else()
+find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED QUIET)
+endif()
+
 find_package (LibXml2 REQUIRED)
 find_package (ToLua REQUIRED)
 if (TOLUA_FOUND)
diff --git a/res/core/de/strings.xml b/res/core/de/strings.xml
index f773be014..6801cbb35 100644
--- a/res/core/de/strings.xml
+++ b/res/core/de/strings.xml
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@
     </string>
     <string name="sound_out">
       <text locale="de">Aushorchen</text>
-      <text locale="en">sound_out</text>
+      <text locale="en">Sound out</text>
     </string>
     <string name="bloodthirst">
       <text locale="de">Kriegsgesang</text>
diff --git a/s/build b/s/build
index e47ecf903..636777541 100755
--- a/s/build
+++ b/s/build
@@ -31,15 +31,18 @@ if [ ! -d $ROOT/$BUILD ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "build eressea"
+CMAKE_ARGS=".."
 cd $ROOT/$BUILD
 BRANCH=$(git status -s -b | head -1 | cut -d\  -f 2 | sed 's/\..*//')
 if [ "$BRANCH" = "master" ] ; then
 VERSION=$(git describe --match 'v*.*.*' --tags | sed 's/^v//')
 echo "$BRANCH $VERSION"
-cmake -DERESSEA_VERSION="$VERSION" ..
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DERESSEA_VERSION=$VERSION ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
 else
 REV=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-cmake -DERESSEA_BUILDNO="$REV" ..
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DERESSEA_BUILDNO=$REV $CMAKE_ARGS"
 fi
+
+cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS}
 make $MAKEOPTS && make test
 cd $OLDPWD
diff --git a/s/cmake-init b/s/cmake-init
index 3d4e073a7..7adbc9a0b 100755
--- a/s/cmake-init
+++ b/s/cmake-init
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+ERESSEA_DB=sqlite
+if [ -e /usr/include/db.h ] ; then
+ERESSEA_DB=db
+fi
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [ ! -z "$1" ] ; do
+if [ "$1" = "--with-db" ] ; then
+ERESSEA_DB=db
+elif [ "$1" = "--with-sqlite" ] ; then
+ERESSEA_DB=sqlite
+fi
+shift 1
+done
+
 ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 [ -z $BUILD ] && BUILD=Debug
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which clang` ] && CC="clang"
@@ -15,8 +30,6 @@ mkdir -p $BIN_DIR
 rm -f $BUILD
 ln -sf $BIN_DIR $BUILD
 
-rm -f CMakeCache.txt
-
 # use anything installed in /opt or /usr
 LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/lib:/opt/lib/$MACHINE:/usr/lib/$MACHINE
 INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/include:/usr/include
@@ -30,11 +43,6 @@ if [ -d $HOME/usr ]; then
 fi
 
 DEST=$(dirname $ROOT)/server
-ARGS=" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD \
- -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH \
- -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX_PATH \
- -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$DEST"
-# -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=$INCLUDE_PATH
 
 git submodule update --init
 
@@ -46,7 +54,17 @@ elif [ -d /usr/local/include/lua5.1 ]; then
    LUA_DIR=/usr/local
    LUA_VERSION="5.1"
 fi
-export LUA_DIR
+
+cat >| $BUILD/config.cmake <<HEREDOC
+SET (ERESSEA_DB "$ERESSEA_DB" CACHE STRING "Database driver")
+SET (LUA_DIR "$LUA_DIR" CACHE PATH "Lua root path")
+SET (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "$BUILD" FORCE)
+SET (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "$DEST" CACHE PATH "")
+SET (CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "$LIBRARY_PATH" CACHE PATH "")
+SET (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$PREFIX_PATH" CACHE PATH "")
+HEREDOC
+
+#echo 'SET (LUA_DIR "$LUA_DIR" PATH)' >> $BUILD/config.cmake
 
 path="$(which tolua)"
 if [ "$HAVE_TOLUA" = "0" ] || [ -z $path ] ; then
@@ -59,7 +77,7 @@ if [ "$HAVE_TOLUA" = "0" ] || [ -z $path ] ; then
  echo "building tolua..."
  cd tolua
  make
- ARGS="$ARGS -DPC_TOLUA_DIR=$ROOT/tolua"
+ echo 'SET(PC_TOLUA_DIR "$ROOT/tolua" CACHE PATH "tolua root")' >> $BUILD/config.cmake
 else
  echo "tolua is $path"
 fi
@@ -68,6 +86,6 @@ unset path
 set -e
 
 cd $BIN_DIR
-cmake .. $ARGS $*
+cmake -C config.cmake .. $*
 cd $OLDPWD