diff --git a/package/gdb/gdb.mk b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
index 7e86ba0c7e..5ca464ad46 100644
--- a/package/gdb/gdb.mk
+++ b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ endif
 
 # When gdb sources are fetched from the binutils-gdb repository, they
 # also contain the binutils sources, but binutils shouldn't be built,
-# so we disable it.
+# so we disable it (additionally the option --disable-install-libbfd
+# prevents the un-wanted installation of libobcodes.so and libbfd.so).
 GDB_DISABLE_BINUTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-binutils \
+	--disable-install-libbfd \
 	--disable-ld \
 	--disable-gas