diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
--- a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@
 
         native_extra_config=("${extra_config[@]}")
 
+        # For 64-bit targets, the target libs may get installed in lib64/
+        # and not in lib/ so symlink the former to the latter.
+        CT_DoExecLog DEBUG mkdir -p "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/static-target"
+        CT_DoExecLog DEBUG mkdir -p "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/static-target/lib"
+        CT_DoExecLog DEBUG ln -s "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/static-target/lib"    \
+                                 "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/static-target/lib64"
+
         # GDB on Mingw depends on PDcurses, not ncurses
         if [ "${do_ncurses}" = "y" ]; then
             CT_DoLog EXTRA "Building static target ncurses"