diff --git a/rtems/config/4.12/rtems-default.bset b/rtems/config/4.12/rtems-default.bset
index 262eb77..fad81cd 100644
--- a/rtems/config/4.12/rtems-default.bset
+++ b/rtems/config/4.12/rtems-default.bset
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 devel/expat-2.1.0-1
 tools/rtems-binutils-2.27-1
 tools/rtems-gcc-6-20161110-newlib-2.4.0.20161025-1
-tools/rtems-gdb-7.11-1
+tools/rtems-gdb-7.12-1
 tools/rtems-tools-4.12-1
 tools/rtems-kernel-4.12
diff --git a/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gdb-7.12-1.cfg b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gdb-7.12-1.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c42f056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gdb-7.12-1.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# GDB 7.12
+#
+
+%include %{_configdir}/checks.cfg
+%include %{_configdir}/base.cfg
+
+%define gdb_version 7.12
+%define gdb_src_ext xz
+%hash md5 gdb-%{gdb_version}.tar.xz a0a3a00f7499b0c5278ba8676745d180
+
+#
+# ERC32 simulator fixes. (still OK from 7.11)
+#
+%patch add gdb %{rtems_gdb_patches}/gdb-7.11-erc32-endian-fix.diff
+%hash md5 gdb-7.11-erc32-endian-fix.diff d0cd4207f0c7d04cb9bc9b918eebfdc6
+%patch add gdb %{rtems_gdb_patches}/gdb-7.11-erc32-printf_filtered.diff
+%hash md5 gdb-7.11-erc32-printf_filtered.diff 1e03d4c90c0cb4ded7c08963210f7127
+%patch add gdb %{rtems_gdb_patches}/gdb-7.11-erc32-common-run.diff
+%hash md5 gdb-7.11-erc32-common-run.diff e986ce115b81f7dd45f36d6f257af541
+
+#
+# FreeBSD specific fixes (still OK from 7.11)
+#
+%if %{_build_os} == freebsd
+ %patch add gdb -p0 %{rtems_gdb_patches}/patch-gdb-python-python-config.py
+ %hash  md5 patch-gdb-python-python-config.py c0260fcca4c1a5509635049c0094eee3
+%endif
+
+#
+# The gdb build instructions. We use 7.xx Release 1.
+#
+%include %{_configdir}/gdb-7-1.cfg
diff --git a/rtems/config/tools/rtems-mipstx39-gdb-7.9-1.cfg b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-mipstx39-gdb-7.9-1.cfg
index 1b6947c..5777b5f 100644
--- a/rtems/config/tools/rtems-mipstx39-gdb-7.9-1.cfg
+++ b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-mipstx39-gdb-7.9-1.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 %define _target mipstx39-rtems%{rtems_version}
 
 #
-# The gdb build instructions for RTEMS 7.7.
+# The gdb 7.9 build instructions for RTEMS.
 #
 %include tools/rtems-gdb-7.9-1.cfg