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diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 7c57222716..59f0a02c8b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -164,7 +165,12 @@ XTerm*utf8: always
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true\n"))
(gdbinit (plain-file "gdbinit" "\
# Tell GDB where to look for separate debugging files.
-set debug-file-directory ~/.guix-profile/lib/debug
+guile
+(use-modules (gdb))
+(execute (string-append \"set debug-file-directory \"
+ (or (getenv \"GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY\")
+ \"~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\")))
+end
# Authorize extensions found in the store, such as the
# pretty-printers of libstdc++.