diff --git a/core/glibc/PKGBUILD b/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
index 8b0d20a5b..84b46255a 100644
--- a/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ build() {
   CFLAGS=${CFLAGS/-fstack-protector/}
   CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}
 
+  # enable unwinding tables so that gdb can unwind the standard functions
+  CFLAGS+=" -funwind-tables"
+
   ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/configure --prefix=/usr \
       --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
       --with-headers=/usr/include \