diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
index fc7031271..f9ba9bfc2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq -y \
     flake8 \
     fuse \
     gcc \
+    gdb \
     g++ \
     gettext \
     git \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
index d67cd3511..386be1ac5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update \
     fuse \
     gcc \
     gcc-c++ \
+    gdb \
     gettext \
     git \
     glibc-devel \