diff --git a/tools/qemu.mk b/tools/qemu.mk
index 284f6c4..af6fbff 100644
--- a/tools/qemu.mk
+++ b/tools/qemu.mk
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ kvm: all
 
 # Execute Qemu with activated GDB stub and directly connect GDB to the spawned Qemu.
 gdb: all
-	${VERBOSE} $(GDB) "$(DBGKERNEL)" \
+	${VERBOSE} cgdb -d $(GDB) "$(DBGKERNEL)" \
 		-ex "set arch $(DBGARCH)" \
 		-ex "target remote | exec $(QEMU) -gdb stdio $(QEMUKERNEL) -smp $(QEMUCPUS) -S $(QEMUFLAGS) $(DBGFLAGS)"