diff --git a/configs/kitchenos_defconfig b/configs/kitchenos_defconfig
index 37b79d8..e0aded4 100644
--- a/configs/kitchenos_defconfig
+++ b/configs/kitchenos_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ BR2_cortex_a72=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB=y
+BR2_GDB_VERSION_16=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/raspberrypi/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="broadcom/bcm2711-rpi-4-b broadcom/bcm2711-rpi-
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 # BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX is not set
 BR2_PACKAGE_XZ=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_GDB=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_STRACE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLVND=y