diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 385a68258b..d1372ad84c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	Toolchain: uClibc 0.9.30.3 / 0.9.31, older 0.9.30.x removed.
 	2.6.33 kernel headers, binutils 2.20.1, removed broken nios2
 	support, ppc e300cX/e500mc support, improved external
-	toolchain support.
+	toolchain support, GDB 7.x support.
 
 	X.org updated to 7.5.
 
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
index e383949e5f..f4fbaabd66 100644
--- a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ choice
 		bool "gdb 6.8"
 		depends on !BR2_avr32
 
+	config BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_0_1
+		bool "gdb 7.0.1"
+		select BR2_PTHREAD_DEBUG if !BR2_PTHREADS_NONE
+
+	config BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_1
+		bool "gdb 7.1"
+		select BR2_PTHREAD_DEBUG if !BR2_PTHREADS_NONE
+
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_GDB_VERSION
@@ -66,3 +74,5 @@ config BR2_GDB_VERSION
 	default "6.7.1"    if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_7_1
 	default "6.7.1-avr32-2.1.5" if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_7_1_AVR32_2_1_5
 	default "6.8"      if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_8
+	default "7.0.1"    if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_0_1
+	default "7.1"      if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_1