diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/install b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/install
index ae77c1ebac..9ed5095737 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/install
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/install
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib
   cp $PKG_BUILD/objdir-$1/crypt/libcrypt.so.1 $INSTALL/lib
   cp $PKG_BUILD/objdir-$1/resolv/libresolv.so.2 $INSTALL/lib
 
-  [ "$GDB" = yes ] && cp $PKG_BUILD/objdir-$1/nptl_db/libthread_db.so.1 $INSTALL/lib
+  [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ] && cp $PKG_BUILD/objdir-$1/nptl_db/libthread_db.so.1 $INSTALL/lib # for GDB
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/bin
   if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then