diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/dsf.debug.options b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/dsf.debug.options
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28eeb8b6aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/dsf.debug.options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/debug = false
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
index 4fceb1f52ba..7a7196a1f0f 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
 					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs} -ea -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.path=${dsf.gdb.tests.gdbPath} -Ddsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier=${dsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier} -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions=${cdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions}</argLine>
+                    <appArgLine>-debug ./dsf.debug.options</appArgLine>
 					<includes>
 						<include>**/${dsf.gdb.tests.gdbTestSuite}</include>
 					</includes>