diff --git a/package/gdb/Config.in b/package/gdb/Config.in
index 38f4564eb..631fdd78a 100644
--- a/package/gdb/Config.in
+++ b/package/gdb/Config.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_SERVER if \
 	       (!BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_DEBUGGER && !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY)
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_DEBUG
+	depends on !BR2_aarch64
 	help
 	  GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is
 	  going on `inside' another program while it executes -- or
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_DEBUGGER
 	bool "full debugger"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	depends on !BR2_sh && !BR2_sh64 && !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_bfin && !BR2_aarch64
+	depends on !BR2_sh && !BR2_sh64 && !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_bfin
 
 comment "full gdb on target needs WCHAR support in toolchain"
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/gdb/Config.in.host b/package/gdb/Config.in.host
index 1e092635a..a791f09e5 100644
--- a/package/gdb/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gdb/Config.in.host
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB
 	# allow to build a cross-gdb, as the one of the external
 	# toolchain should be used.
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY
+	depends on !BR2_aarch64
 	help
 	  Build a cross gdb that runs on the host machine and debugs
 	  programs running on the target. It requires 'gdbserver'