diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb_7.6.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb_7.6.bb
index 6b38812d60..54082b80e3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb_7.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb_7.6.bb
@@ -1,2 +1,23 @@
 require gdb.inc
 require gdb-7.6.inc
+
+inherit python-dir
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[python] = "--with-python=${WORKDIR}/python,--without-python,python"
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+	if [ -n "${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python', '', d)}" ]; then
+		cat > ${WORKDIR}/python << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+case "\$2" in
+	--includes) echo "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}/" ;;
+	--ldflags) echo "-Wl,-rpath-link,${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. -Wl,-rpath,${libdir}/.. -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -lpython${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}" ;;
+	--exec-prefix) echo "${exec_prefix}" ;;
+	*) exit 1 ;;
+esac
+exit 0
+EOF
+		chmod +x ${WORKDIR}/python
+	fi
+}