diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index c9a47a953efc..0853b9d221b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
-args: with args;
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, ncurses, gmp, mpfr, texinfo }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gdb-6.7.1";
+  name = "gdb-6.8";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gdb/${name}.tar.bz2";
-	sha256 = "0qig8j8hcqpqfhnnp685rzgj8v88bw2fc5igvbiiqkqg88wfr37r";
+    sha256 = "067qpnpgmz9jffi208q5c981xsyn8naq3rkp5ypg477lddcgvpzf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses gmp mpfr texinfo ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-gmp=${gmp} --with-mpfr=${mpfr}";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Remove Info files already provided by Binutils and other packages.
+    rm $out/info/{standards,configure,bfd}.info
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GDB, the GNU Project debugger";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going
+      on `inside' another program while it executes -- or what another
+      program was doing at the moment it crashed.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/;
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ncurses];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7d3f7add595..7edb8791b87f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2458,7 +2458,7 @@ let
   };
 
   gdb = import ../development/tools/misc/gdb {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses gmp mpfr texinfo;
   };
 
   valgrind = import ../development/tools/analysis/valgrind {