diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/darwin-target-match.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/darwin-target-match.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1328d919503a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/darwin-target-match.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure	2017-06-05 00:51:26.000000000 +0900
++++ b/configure	2018-03-06 23:12:58.000000000 +0900
+@@ -3603,7 +3603,7 @@
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gprof"
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
+     ;;
+-  x86_64-*-darwin[912]*)
++  x86_64-*-darwin*)
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gprof"
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
+     ;;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 1ee2a270b49c..b87bab810fd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1qwmcbaxf0jc7yjl0fimgcfj2yqcrl6h7azgs1d838kbwf9mzg9x";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./debug-info-from-env.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./debug-info-from-env.patch ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-target-match.patch;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig texinfo perl setupDebugInfoDirs ]
     # TODO(@Ericson2314) not sure if should be host or target