diff --git a/qemu/qemu.sh b/qemu/qemu.sh
index efddf8a5..515bf312 100755
--- a/qemu/qemu.sh
+++ b/qemu/qemu.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ run_qemu()
 	  -display none -rtc base=utc,clock=vm \
 	  -device virtio-serial -chardev stdio,mux=on,id=console0 \
 	  -device virtconsole,chardev=console0 -mon chardev=console0 \
+	  -chardev socket,id=gdbserver,path=gdbserver.sock,server=on,wait=off \
+	  -device virtconsole,name=console1,chardev=gdbserver \
 	  $(loader_args) \
 	  $(rootfs_args) \
 	  $(rw_args) \