diff --git a/sigh/python2.7-config b/sigh/python2.7-config
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5888c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigh/python2.7-config
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+for arg ; do
+	case "$arg" in
+		--version)
+			printf 'Python 2.7.15'
+			;;
+
+		--includes)
+			;;
+
+		--ldflags)
+			printf '%s' '-lpython2.7'
+			;;
+
+		--exec-prefix)
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index b22a72f..db5edc7 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -322,10 +322,11 @@ HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 : ${PKG_GDB_HOST_SHA256SUM:=149abac4add030a5713f15964bd7465bef7a23712bcc91377ca40949f33e93fb};
 : ${PKG_GDB_HOST_VERSION:=7.12};
 : ${PKG_GDB_HOST_URL:=ftp://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/releases/gdb-${PKG_GDB_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
-: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-g3 -O0"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-fpermissive -g3 -O0"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-nls --prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --with-system-libiberty --with-system-readline --with-system-zlib"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g3 -O0:CXX_FOR_TARGET=-fpermissive -g3 -O0"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-g3 -O0 -I${PREFIX}/include/python2.7"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-L${PREFIX}/lib"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-fpermissive -g3 -O0 -I${PREFIX}/include/python2.7"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-nls --prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --with-system-libiberty --with-system-readline --with-system-zlib --with-python=python2.7"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_HOST_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g3 -O0 -I${PREFIX}/include/python2.7"};
 : ${PKG_GDB_HOST_LIBTOOL:=rdlibtool};
 : ${PKG_GDB_HOST_PATCHES_EXTRA:="${BUILD_WORKDIR}/chainport/patches/gdb/gdb-${PKG_GDB_HOST_VERSION}.midipix.patch"};
 : ${PKG_NASM_HOST_SHA256SUM:=34fd26c70a277a9fdd54cb5ecf389badedaf48047b269d1008fbc819b24e80bc};
@@ -459,10 +460,10 @@ NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_GDB_SHA256SUM:=149abac4add030a5713f15964bd7465bef7a23712bcc91377ca40949f33e93fb};
 : ${PKG_GDB_VERSION:=7.12};
 : ${PKG_GDB_URL:=ftp://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/releases/gdb-${PKG_GDB_VERSION}.tar.gz};
-: ${PKG_GDB_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-g3 -O0"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-g3 -O0"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-system-libiberty --with-system-readline --with-system-zlib"};
-: ${PKG_GDB_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g3 -O0 --sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}:CXX_FOR_TARGET=-g3 -O0 --sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}:LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE} -g3 -O0 --include=stdc-predef.h -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/python2.7 -L${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE} -g3 -O0 --include=stdc-predef.h -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/python2.7 -L${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-system-libiberty --with-system-readline --with-system-zlib --with-python=${PWD}/sigh/python2.7-config"};
+: ${PKG_GDB_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g3 -O0 --include=stdc-predef.h -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/python2.7 --sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}:LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
 : ${PKG_GDB_LIBTOOL:=rdlibtool};
 : ${PKG_GDB_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="SYSROOT_FLAGS=--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
 : ${PKG_GDB_PATCHES_EXTRA:="${BUILD_WORKDIR}/chainport/patches/gdb/gdb-${PKG_GDB_VERSION}.midipix.patch"};