diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
index 23039910ce5..caa13906dab 100644
--- a/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gdb
-PKG_VERSION:=7.12.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=8.0.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gdb
-PKG_HASH:=4607680b973d3ec92c30ad029f1b7dbde3876869e6b3a117d8a7e90081113186
+PKG_HASH:=3dbd5f93e36ba2815ad0efab030dcd0c7b211d7b353a40a53f4c02d7d56295e3
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
 	ac_cv_search_tgetent="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lncurses -lreadline"
 
+TARGET_LDFLAGS+= \
+	-static-libstdc++ \
+	-Wl,--gc-sections
+
 define Build/Install
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/patches/110-shared_libgcc.patch b/package/devel/gdb/patches/110-shared_libgcc.patch
index e44616f4a29..929a5ae9771 100644
--- a/package/devel/gdb/patches/110-shared_libgcc.patch
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/patches/110-shared_libgcc.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -1406,13 +1406,13 @@ if test -z "$LD"; then
+@@ -1300,13 +1300,13 @@ if test -z "$LD"; then
    fi
  fi
  
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
    AC_LINK_IFELSE([
  #if (__GNUC__ < 4) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 5)
-@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(stage1-ldflags,
+@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(stage1-ldflags,
   # if supported.  But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to use,
   # trust that they are doing what they want.
   if test "$stage1_libs" = "" -a "$have_static_libs" = yes; then
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   fi])
  AC_SUBST(stage1_ldflags)
  
-@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(boot-ldflags,
+@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(boot-ldflags,
   # statically.  But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to
   # use, trust that they are doing what they want.
   if test "$poststage1_libs" = ""; then
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -5109,14 +5109,14 @@ if test -z "$LD"; then
+@@ -5005,14 +5005,14 @@ if test -z "$LD"; then
    fi
  fi
  
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
    ac_ext=cpp
  ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
  ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-@@ -5902,7 +5902,7 @@ else
+@@ -5795,7 +5795,7 @@ else
   # if supported.  But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to use,
   # trust that they are doing what they want.
   if test "$stage1_libs" = "" -a "$have_static_libs" = yes; then
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   fi
  fi
  
-@@ -5938,7 +5938,7 @@ else
+@@ -5831,7 +5831,7 @@ else
   # statically.  But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to
   # use, trust that they are doing what they want.
   if test "$poststage1_libs" = ""; then
diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/patches/120-sigprocmask-invalid-call.patch b/package/devel/gdb/patches/120-sigprocmask-invalid-call.patch
index 7090db170a7..8afa8ccf811 100644
--- a/package/devel/gdb/patches/120-sigprocmask-invalid-call.patch
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/patches/120-sigprocmask-invalid-call.patch
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ gdb/ChangeLog:
  gdb/common/signals-state-save-restore.c | 2 +-
  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
-diff --git a/gdb/common/signals-state-save-restore.c b/gdb/common/signals-state-save-restore.c
-index d11a9ae..734335c 100644
 --- a/gdb/common/signals-state-save-restore.c
 +++ b/gdb/common/signals-state-save-restore.c
 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ save_original_signals_state (void)
@@ -38,6 +36,3 @@ index d11a9ae..734335c 100644
    if (res == -1)
      perror_with_name (("sigprocmask"));
  
--- 
-2.6.4
-