diff --git a/package/gdb/gdb.mk b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
index 32d52eb3a1..f7d6339b75 100644
--- a/package/gdb/gdb.mk
+++ b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
 GDB_CONF_OPTS += --with-lzma
+GDB_CONF_OPTS += --with-liblzma-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 GDB_DEPENDENCIES += xz
 else
 GDB_CONF_OPTS += --without-lzma