diff --git a/ext/dba/dba.c b/ext/dba/dba.c
index 4ef8df7478a..7fdc1cf6e1e 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_MODULE_GLOBALS(dba)
 	const char *default_handler;
 	const dba_handler *default_hptr;
 	HashTable connections;
+	unsigned int connection_counter;
 ZEND_END_MODULE_GLOBALS(dba)
 
 ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(dba)
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ static void php_dba_open(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, bool persistent)
 	}
 
 	zend_string *resource_key = zend_strpprintf(0,
-		"dba_%d_%s_%s_%s", persistent, ZSTR_VAL(path), ZSTR_VAL(mode), handler_str ? ZSTR_VAL(handler_str) : ""
+		"dba_%d_%u_%s_%s_%s", persistent, persistent ? 0 : DBA_G(connection_counter)++, ZSTR_VAL(path), ZSTR_VAL(mode), handler_str ? ZSTR_VAL(handler_str) : ""
 	);
 
 	if (persistent) {
diff --git a/ext/dba/tests/dba_duplicateopen.phpt b/ext/dba/tests/dba_duplicateopen.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7068981f1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dba/tests/dba_duplicateopen.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--TEST--
+DBA open same read only file multiple times
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dba
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/setup/setup_dba_tests.inc';
+check_skip('cdb_make');
+?>
+--CONFLICTS--
+test.cdb
+--FILE--
+<?php
+echo "database handler: cdb\n";
+$handler = 'cdb';
+$db_filename = __DIR__.'/test.cdb';
+if (($db_file=dba_open($db_filename, "r", $handler))!==FALSE) {
+    echo dba_fetch(1, $db_file);
+    if (($db_file2=dba_open($db_filename, "r", $handler))!==FALSE) {
+        echo dba_fetch(1, $db_file2);
+        echo dba_fetch(2, $db_file2);
+        dba_close($db_file2);
+    } else {
+        echo "Error opening database 2nd time\n";
+    }
+    echo dba_fetch(2, $db_file);
+    dba_close($db_file);
+} else {
+    echo "Error opening database\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+database handler: cdb
+1122