diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
index ca0c82176e..50aafdf154 100644
--- a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDB
 	bool "Build gdb debugger for the Target"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	depends on !BR2_sh && !BR2_sh64 && !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_bfin
+	depends on !BR2_sh && !BR2_sh64 && !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_bfin && !BR2_aarch64
 	# The newest versions of gdb require thread debugging in the
 	# toolchain. The only cases for which this is not needed is if
 	# we use gdb 6.8 (marked deprecated)