diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 155dda124c..9f016b06b5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6166,8 +6166,11 @@ if test "$plugins" = "yes" ; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if test -n "$gdb_bin" ; then
-    echo "HAVE_GDB_BIN=$gdb_bin" >> $config_host_mak
+if test -n "$gdb_bin"; then
+    gdb_version=$($gdb_bin --version | head -n 1)
+    if version_ge ${gdb_version##* } 8.3.1; then
+        echo "HAVE_GDB_BIN=$gdb_bin" >> $config_host_mak
+    fi
 fi
 
 if test "$secret_keyring" = "yes" ; then