diff --git a/package/devel/gdb-arc/Makefile b/package/devel/gdb-arc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c42b108150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/devel/gdb-arc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2016 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gdb-arc
+PKG_VERSION:=arc-2016.03-gdb
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=gdb-arc-2016.03-gdb.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/binutils-gdb/archive/$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_MD5SUM:=775caaf6385c16f20b6f53c0a2b95f79
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/binutils-gdb-arc-2016.03-gdb
+
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/gdb-arc/Default
+  SECTION:=devel
+  CATEGORY:=Development
+  DEPENDS:=+!USE_MUSL:libthread-db +PACKAGE_zlib:zlib @arc
+  URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
+endef
+
+define Package/gdb-arc
+$(call Package/gdb-arc/Default)
+  TITLE:=GNU Debugger for ARC
+  DEPENDS+=+libreadline +libncurses +zlib
+endef
+
+define Package/gdb-arc/description
+GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on `inside'
+another program while it executes -- or what another program was doing at the
+moment it crashed.
+endef
+
+define Package/gdbserver-arc
+$(call Package/gdb-arc/Default)
+  TITLE:=Remote server for GNU Debugger
+endef
+
+define Package/gdbserver-arc/description
+GDBSERVER is a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine than the
+one which is running the program being debugged.
+endef
+
+# XXX: add --disable-werror to prevent build failure with arm
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--with-system-readline \
+	--without-expat \
+	--without-lzma \
+	--disable-werror \
+	--disable-binutils \
+	--disable-ld \
+	--disable-gas \
+	--disable-sim
+
+CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
+	ac_cv_search_tgetent="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lncurses -lreadline"
+
+define Build/Compile
+	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
+		all
+endef
+
+define Build/Install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
+		install-gdb
+endef
+
+define Package/gdb-arc/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/gdb $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+define Package/gdbserver-arc/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/gdbserver $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gdb-arc))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gdbserver-arc))
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/100-no_extern_inline.patch b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/100-no_extern_inline.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c18c6e2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/100-no_extern_inline.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- a/sim/common/sim-arange.c
++++ b/sim/common/sim-arange.c
+@@ -280,11 +280,7 @@ sim_addr_range_delete (ADDR_RANGE *ar, a
+   build_search_tree (ar);
+ }
+ 
+-#endif /* DEFINE_NON_INLINE_P */
+-
+-#if DEFINE_INLINE_P
+-
+-SIM_ARANGE_INLINE int
++int
+ sim_addr_range_hit_p (ADDR_RANGE *ar, address_word addr)
+ {
+   ADDR_RANGE_TREE *t = ar->range_tree;
+@@ -301,4 +297,4 @@ sim_addr_range_hit_p (ADDR_RANGE *ar, ad
+   return 0;
+ }
+ 
+-#endif /* DEFINE_INLINE_P */
++#endif /* DEFINE_NON_INLINE_P */
+--- a/sim/common/sim-arange.h
++++ b/sim/common/sim-arange.h
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extern void sim_addr_range_delete (ADDR_
+ 
+ /* Return non-zero if ADDR is in range AR, traversing the entire tree.
+    If no range is specified, that is defined to mean "everything".  */
+-SIM_ARANGE_INLINE int
++extern int
+ sim_addr_range_hit_p (ADDR_RANGE * /*ar*/, address_word /*addr*/);
+ #define ADDR_RANGE_HIT_P(ar, addr) \
+   ((ar)->range_tree == NULL || sim_addr_range_hit_p ((ar), (addr)))
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/110-no_testsuite.patch b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/110-no_testsuite.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b284ea767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/110-no_testsuite.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/gdb/configure
++++ b/gdb/configure
+@@ -870,8 +870,7 @@ MAKEINFOFLAGS
+ YACC
+ YFLAGS
+ XMKMF'
+-ac_subdirs_all='testsuite
+-gdbtk
++ac_subdirs_all='gdbtk
+ multi-ice
+ gdbserver'
+ 
+@@ -5610,7 +5610,7 @@ $as_echo "$with_auto_load_safe_path" >&6
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-subdirs="$subdirs testsuite"
++subdirs="$subdirs"
+ 
+ 
+ # Check whether to support alternative target configurations
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/120-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/120-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8b41f264a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/devel/gdb-arc/patches/120-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/gdb/gdbserver/configure
++++ b/gdb/gdbserver/configure
+@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: error: \`$ac_var' was
+       ac_cache_corrupted=: ;;
+     ,);;
+     *)
+-      if test "x$ac_old_val" != "x$ac_new_val"; then
++      if test "`echo x$ac_old_val`" != "`echo x$ac_new_val`"; then
+ 	# differences in whitespace do not lead to failure.
+ 	ac_old_val_w=`echo x $ac_old_val`
+ 	ac_new_val_w=`echo x $ac_new_val`
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
index f6d5fec2ff..5678b5bb00 100644
--- a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/gdb/Default
   SECTION:=devel
   CATEGORY:=Development
-  DEPENDS:=+!USE_MUSL:libthread-db +PACKAGE_zlib:zlib
+  DEPENDS:=+!USE_MUSL:libthread-db +PACKAGE_zlib:zlib @!arc
   URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
 endef