diff --git a/.github/workflows/toolchain.yml b/.github/workflows/toolchain.yml
index 773bb0f6..5ccf21a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/toolchain.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/toolchain.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           echo ${URL}
           if ! wget -q --spider ${URL}; then
             sed -i "/BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL.*/d" ${CONFIG}
+            echo BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB=y >> ${CONFIG}
             echo BR2_PACKAGE_AWS_WEBRTC=y >> ${CONFIG}
             make BOARD=${CONFIG} br-sdk
             SDK=$(find output/images -name *_sdk-buildroot.tar.gz)