diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index 95f4ae3b782..03382423237 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ vopt_conflict gdbserver static
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's,sgidefs.h,asm/sgidefs.h,' gdb/mips-linux-nat.c
 }
+pre_build() {
+	export gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no
+}
 post_install() {
 	# resolve conflicts with binutils
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib