diff --git a/gdb/gdb.patch b/gdb/gdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6594058de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/gdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- bfd/configure.orig	Tue Oct 30 18:30:22 2001
++++ bfd/configure	Thu Jan 31 08:57:54 2002
+@@ -5018,3 +5018,3 @@
+ 	;;
+-  i[3456]86-*-bsd* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[1234] | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[1234]\.* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd*aout*)
++  i[3456]86-*-bsd* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[123] | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[123]\.* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd4\.[01] | i[34567]86-*-freebsd*aout*)
+ 	COREFILE=trad-core.lo
diff --git a/gdb/gdb.spec b/gdb/gdb.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90547b6347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/gdb.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+##
+##  gdb.spec -- OpenPKG RPM Specification
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Cable & Wireless Deutschland GmbH
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The OpenPKG Project <http://www.openpkg.org/>
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
+##
+##  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
+##  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
+##  the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
+##  copies.
+##
+##  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
+##  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+##  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+##  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
+##  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+##  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+##  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
+##  USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+##  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+##  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+##  OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+##  SUCH DAMAGE. 
+##  
+
+#   package information
+Name:         gdb
+Summary:      GNU Debugger
+Group:        Development
+URL:          http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
+Vendor:       Free Software Foundation
+Packager:     The OpenPKG Project
+Distribution: OpenPKG [EXP]
+License:      GPL
+Version:      5.1
+Release:      20020201
+
+#   list of sources
+Source0:      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:       gdb.patch
+
+#   build information
+Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
+BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG
+PreReq:       OpenPKG
+AutoReq:      no
+AutoReqProv:  no
+
+%description
+    The purpose of a debugger such as GDB is to allow you to see what
+    is going on `inside' another program while it executes -- or what
+    another program was doing at the moment it crashed.
+
+%prep
+    %setup -q 
+    %patch -p0 
+
+%build
+    CC="%{l_cc}" \
+    CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
+        --disable-nls
+    %{l_make} %{l_mflags -O}
+
+%install
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+    %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install \
+        prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix} \
+        exec_prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/lib
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/include
+    strip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/* >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    %{l_rpmtool} files -v -ofiles -r$RPM_BUILD_ROOT %{l_files_std}
+
+%files -f files
+
+%clean
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+