diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 20dd25cd9..04ddf1fbc 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ c-client (http://www.washington.edu/imap/
 /*** MAKEOPTS
 <category name="MENUSELECT_OPTS_app_voicemail" displayname="Voicemail Build Options" positive_output="yes" remove_on_change="apps/app_voicemail.o apps/app_voicemail.so apps/app_directory.o apps/app_directory.so">
 	<member name="ODBC_STORAGE" displayname="Storage of Voicemail using ODBC">
-		<depend>odbc</depend>
+		<depend>generic_odbc</depend>
 		<depend>ltdl</depend>
-		<use>unixodbc</use>
-		<use>iodbc</use>
 		<conflict>IMAP_STORAGE</conflict>
 		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
 	</member>
diff --git a/build_tools/menuselect-deps.in b/build_tools/menuselect-deps.in
index 2cb92f8f1..190c164bc 100644
--- a/build_tools/menuselect-deps.in
+++ b/build_tools/menuselect-deps.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CRYPTO=@PBX_CRYPTO@
 CURL=@PBX_CURL@
 DAHDI=@PBX_DAHDI@
 FREETDS=@PBX_FREETDS@
+GENERIC_ODBC=@PBX_GENERIC_ODBC@
 GMIME=@PBX_GMIME@
 GNU_LD=@GNU_LD@
 GSM=@PBX_GSM@
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ MISDN=@PBX_MISDN@
 NBS=@PBX_NBS@
 NETSNMP=@PBX_NETSNMP@
 NEWT=@PBX_NEWT@
-ODBC=@PBX_ODBC@
 OGG=@PBX_OGG@
 OPENH323=@PBX_OPENH323@
 OSPTK=@PBX_OSPTK@
diff --git a/cdr/cdr_adaptive_odbc.c b/cdr/cdr_adaptive_odbc.c
index 6b9b090f3..6c72d19c7 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_adaptive_odbc.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_adaptive_odbc.c
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
  */
 
 /*** MODULEINFO
-	<depend>odbc</depend>
-	<use>unixodbc</use>
-	<use>iodbc</use>
+	<depend>generic_odbc</depend>
+	<depend>ltdl</depend>
  ***/
 
 #include "asterisk.h"
diff --git a/cdr/cdr_odbc.c b/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
index 1b497661b..8af2edc20 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@
  */
 
 /*** MODULEINFO
-	<depend>odbc</depend>
+	<depend>generic_odbc</depend>
 	<depend>ltdl</depend>
-	<use>unixodbc</use>
-	<use>iodbc</use>
  ***/
 
 #include "asterisk.h"
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b6d730f3..40575e9b9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 166058 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 168522 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for asterisk 1.6.
 #
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@ CONFIG_SDL
 CONFIG_GTK
 PKGCONFIG
 CURL_CONFIG
+GENERIC_ODBC_LIB
+GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE
+PBX_GENERIC_ODBC
 LTLIBOBJS'
 ac_subst_files=''
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
@@ -52491,6 +52494,25 @@ _ACEOF
    fi
 fi
 
+# build a GENERIC_ODBC result based on the presence of either UnixODBC (preferred)
+# or iODBC
+
+PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=0
+
+if test "${PBX_UNIXODBC}" = 1; then
+   PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=1
+   GENERIC_ODBC_LIB="${UNIXODBC_LIB}"
+   GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE="${UNIXODBC_INCLUDE}"
+elif test "${PBX_IODBC}" = 1; then
+   PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=1
+   GENERIC_ODBC_LIB="${IODBC_LIB}"
+   GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE="${IODBC_INCLUDE}"
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile"
 
 
@@ -53706,10 +53728,13 @@ CONFIG_SDL!$CONFIG_SDL$ac_delim
 CONFIG_GTK!$CONFIG_GTK$ac_delim
 PKGCONFIG!$PKGCONFIG$ac_delim
 CURL_CONFIG!$CURL_CONFIG$ac_delim
+GENERIC_ODBC_LIB!$GENERIC_ODBC_LIB$ac_delim
+GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE!$GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE$ac_delim
+PBX_GENERIC_ODBC!$PBX_GENERIC_ODBC$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 7; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 10; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bca65c7a3..5401ae973 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1319,12 +1319,6 @@ AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([NEWT], [newt], [newtBell], [newt.h])
 
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([UNIXODBC], [odbc], [SQLConnect], [sql.h], [])
 
-PBX_ODBC=0
-if test "$PBX_IODBC" = "1" -o "$PBX_UNIXODBC" = "1"; then
-   PBX_ODBC=1
-fi
-AC_SUBST(PBX_ODBC)
-
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([OGG], [ogg], [ogg_sync_init], [])
 
 # Non-glibc platforms require libexecinfo for backtrace support
@@ -1682,6 +1676,25 @@ if test "${USE_CURL}" != "no"; then
    fi
 fi
 
+# build a GENERIC_ODBC result based on the presence of either UnixODBC (preferred)
+# or iODBC
+
+PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=0
+
+if test "${PBX_UNIXODBC}" = 1; then
+   PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=1
+   GENERIC_ODBC_LIB="${UNIXODBC_LIB}"
+   GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE="${UNIXODBC_INCLUDE}"
+elif test "${PBX_IODBC}" = 1; then
+   PBX_GENERIC_ODBC=1
+   GENERIC_ODBC_LIB="${IODBC_LIB}"
+   GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE="${IODBC_INCLUDE}"
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST([GENERIC_ODBC_LIB])
+AC_SUBST([GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE])
+AC_SUBST([PBX_GENERIC_ODBC])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile])
 AST_CHECK_MANDATORY
 
diff --git a/funcs/func_odbc.c b/funcs/func_odbc.c
index 06ffecc50..e1006a2f8 100644
--- a/funcs/func_odbc.c
+++ b/funcs/func_odbc.c
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 /*** MODULEINFO
-	<depend>odbc</depend>
-	<depend>ltdl</depend>
 	<depend>res_odbc</depend>
-	<use>unixodbc</use>
-	<use>iodbc</use>
  ***/
 
 #define USE_ODBC
diff --git a/makeopts.in b/makeopts.in
index 09020e59b..3cdb62e27 100644
--- a/makeopts.in
+++ b/makeopts.in
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ EDITLINE_LIB=@EDITLINE_LIB@
 FREETDS_INCLUDE=@FREETDS_INCLUDE@
 FREETDS_LIB=@FREETDS_LIB@
 
+GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE=@GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE@
+GENERIC_ODBC_LIB=@GENERIC_ODBC_LIB@
+
 GMIME_INCLUDE=@GMIME_INCLUDE@
 GMIME_LIB=@GMIME_LIB@
 
diff --git a/res/res_config_odbc.c b/res/res_config_odbc.c
index 8de431475..3ecb70e48 100644
--- a/res/res_config_odbc.c
+++ b/res/res_config_odbc.c
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
  */
 
 /*** MODULEINFO
-	<depend>odbc</depend>
-	<depend>ltdl</depend>
 	<depend>res_odbc</depend>
-	<use>unixodbc</use>
-	<use>iodbc</use>
  ***/
 
 #include "asterisk.h"
diff --git a/res/res_odbc.c b/res/res_odbc.c
index 5864c7da4..165cf872b 100644
--- a/res/res_odbc.c
+++ b/res/res_odbc.c
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@
  */
 
 /*** MODULEINFO
-	<depend>odbc</depend>
+	<depend>generic_odbc</depend>
 	<depend>ltdl</depend>
-	<use>unixodbc</use>
-	<use>iodbc</use>
  ***/
 
 #include "asterisk.h"