diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index 2bf2eaa683a..2b17617954d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=f6a24ffe4917e67014ef9273eb8b547cb96a13e5ca74895b06d683b391f3f4ee
 
+CFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99_STDIO=1"
+CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+
 if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
 	# Make python2.7 detection work in cross builds
 	CFLAGS+=" -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"