diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 00096c0eed6..01a70aa98d1 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-07-23  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	PR testsuite/24842
+	* gdb.dwarf2/multidictionary.exp: Consume initial prompt after
+	gdb_spawn_with_cmdline_opts.
+
 2019-07-23  Srinath Parvathaneni  <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>
 
 	* gdb.arch/arm-cmse-sgstubs.c: New test.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/multidictionary.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/multidictionary.exp
index 5588ef21441..c307ed8adcb 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/multidictionary.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/multidictionary.exp
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ if {[build_executable $testfile.exp $testfile [list $asm_file $srcfile] {}] \
 
 # We force the DIEs above to be read in via "-readnow".
 gdb_spawn_with_cmdline_opts "-readnow"
+set test "initial prompt"
+gdb_test_multiple "" $test {
+    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" {
+	pass "$test"
+    }
+}
 gdb_load $binfile
 
 # All we need to do is check whether GDB is alive.  Without