diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
index 4657f6e4cf..625ed792c6 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -27,5 +27,9 @@ run-gdbstub-memory: memory
 		--bin $< --test $(MULTIARCH_SRC)/gdbstub/memory.py, \
 	"softmmu gdbstub support")
 
-MULTIARCH_RUNS += run-gdbstub-memory
+else
+run-gdbstub-%:
+	$(call skip-test, "gdbstub test $*", "need working gdb")
 endif
+
+MULTIARCH_RUNS += run-gdbstub-memory