diff --git a/gas/.gdbinit b/gas/.gdbinit
index cec20b666f7..eef686d138a 100644
--- a/gas/.gdbinit
+++ b/gas/.gdbinit
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ break as_warn
 break as_bad
 break as_fatal
 break as_perror
+break abort