diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install-6.6.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install-6.6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a39ceab01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install-6.6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- gdb-6.1/sim/common/Makefile.in~	2004-01-15 21:25:06.000000000 +0000
++++ gdb-6.1/sim/common/Makefile.in	2004-07-22 17:07:46.237809032 +0100
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+ 
+ datadir = @datadir@
+ mandir = @mandir@
+-man1dir = $(mandir)/man1
++man1dir = $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
+ infodir = @infodir@
+ includedir = @includedir@
+ 
+
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.6.bb b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.6.bb
index 32076b529e..c4c6bf29fd 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.6.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.6.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inherit autotools sdk
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/gdb-${PV}"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gdb/gdb-${PV}.tar.gz \
-	file://sim-install.patch;patch=1"
+	file://sim-install-6.6.patch;patch=1"
 
 FILESDIR = "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE',d,1))}/gdb-${PV}"