diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/6.6/100-uclibc-conf.patch b/toolchain/gdb/6.6a/100-uclibc-conf.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/gdb/6.6/100-uclibc-conf.patch
rename to toolchain/gdb/6.6a/100-uclibc-conf.patch
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/6.6/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch b/toolchain/gdb/6.6a/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/gdb/6.6/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
rename to toolchain/gdb/6.6a/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/6.6/gdb-6.6-bfin-gdbserver.patch b/toolchain/gdb/6.6a/gdb-6.6-bfin-gdbserver.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/gdb/6.6/gdb-6.6-bfin-gdbserver.patch
rename to toolchain/gdb/6.6a/gdb-6.6-bfin-gdbserver.patch
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/6.8/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch b/toolchain/gdb/6.8a/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/gdb/6.8/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
rename to toolchain/gdb/6.8a/600-fix-compile-flag-mismatch.patch
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
index 28279a3b4b..a5dc71c1f2 100644
--- a/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gdb/Config.in
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ endchoice
 
 config BR2_GDB_VERSION
 	string
-	default "6.6"      if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_6
+	default "6.6a"     if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_6
 	default "6.7.1-avr32-2.1.5" if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_7_1_AVR32_2_1_5
-	default "6.8"      if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_8
-	default "7.0.1"    if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_0_1
-	default "7.1"      if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_1
+	default "6.8a"     if BR2_GDB_VERSION_6_8
+	default "7.0.1a"   if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_0_1
+	default "7.1a"     if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_1
 	default "7.3.1"    if BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_3