diff --git a/dev-util/arm_none_eabi_gdb/arm_none_eabi_gdb-7.7.recipe b/dev-util/arm_none_eabi_gdb/arm_none_eabi_gdb-7.7.recipe
index 1cd086123..a686d0f70 100644
--- a/dev-util/arm_none_eabi_gdb/arm_none_eabi_gdb-7.7.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/arm_none_eabi_gdb/arm_none_eabi_gdb-7.7.recipe
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ REQUIRES="
 	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libexpat$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	gettext$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libexpat$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
@@ -67,12 +69,13 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 BUILD()
 {
 	cd gdb && autoreconf; cd ..
-	runConfigure ./configure --target=arm-none-eabi --disable-werror
+	runConfigure ./configure --target=arm-none-eabi --disable-werror --with-expat
 	make $jobArgs
 }