diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
index 50d43e9fc1..e824f09e8f 100644
--- a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--with-system-zlib \
 	--without-expat \
 	--without-lzma \
+	--disable-unit-tests \
+	--disable-ubsan \
 	--disable-sim \
 	--disable-werror \
 	--disable-source-highlight