diff --git a/tool/tool_chain b/tool/tool_chain
index 21c9d8b84..24ffd5dde 100755
--- a/tool/tool_chain
+++ b/tool/tool_chain
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ BINUTILS_CONFIG += CFLAGS=-DTE_LINUX
 #
 BINUTILS_CONFIG += $(BINUTILS_CONFIG_$(PLATFORM))
 
+#
+# GDB configure arguments
+#
+GDB_CONFIG += $(COMMON_CONFIG) --disable-werror
+
 #
 # Dummy libc symbols to resolve unresolved references when linking
 # 'libgcc_s.so'. Even though, this library is not used on Genode, we want the
@@ -501,7 +506,7 @@ build/$(PLATFORM)/gdb/Makefile: $(CONTRIB_DIR)/gdb-$(GDB_VERSION)/configure
 	$(ECHO) "$(BRIGHT_COL)configuring gdb...$(DEFAULT_COL)"
 	$(VERBOSE)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(VERBOSE)cd $(dir $@); \
-		../../../$(CONTRIB_DIR)/gdb-$(GDB_VERSION)/configure $(COMMON_CONFIG)
+		../../../$(CONTRIB_DIR)/gdb-$(GDB_VERSION)/configure $(GDB_CONFIG)
 
 $(GDB_BINARIES): build/$(PLATFORM)/gdb/Makefile
 	$(ECHO) "$(BRIGHT_COL)builing gdb...$(DEFAULT_COL)"