diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardbg b/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
index c3e8e1ffc6..5e19b2bde8 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 . `dirname "$0"`/../build/default/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common_waf.sh
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export ARDOUR_INSIDE_GDB=1
-exec gdb $TOP/$EXECUTABLE $@
+exec gdb --args $TOP/$EXECUTABLE $@