diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 20f53a0d542d..9fe46b5b2e32 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@
   'inferior' keyword with either the 'thread' or 'task' keywords when
   creating a breakpoint.
 
+* Configure changes
+
+--additional-debug-dirs=PATHs
+
+  Provide a colon-separated list of additional directories to search for
+  separate debug info.  These directories are added to the default value of
+  the 'debug-file-directory' GDB parameter.
+
 * New commands
 
 set debug breakpoint on|off
diff --git a/gdb/config.in b/gdb/config.in
index f67d3029d829..e17245156d8d 100644
--- a/gdb/config.in
+++ b/gdb/config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 /* Define if building universal (internal helper macro) */
 #undef AC_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD
 
+/* Additional directories to look for separate debug info. */
+#undef ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS
+
 /* Directories from which to load auto-loaded scripts. */
 #undef AUTO_LOAD_DIR
 
diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
index 2d07e0cb596e..1cbc356cb967 100755
--- a/gdb/configure
+++ b/gdb/configure
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ enable_fast_install
 with_gnu_ld
 enable_libtool_lock
 with_separate_debug_dir
+with_additional_debug_dirs
 with_gdb_datadir
 with_relocated_sources
 with_auto_load_dir
@@ -1660,6 +1661,9 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-separate-debug-dir=PATH
                           look for global separate debug info in this path
                           [LIBDIR/debug]
+  --with-additional-debug-dirs=PATHs
+                          colon-separated list of additional directories to
+                          search for separate debug info
   --with-gdb-datadir=PATH look for global separate data files in this path
                           [DATADIR/gdb]
   --with-relocated-sources=PATH
@@ -11479,7 +11483,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11482 "configure"
+#line 11486 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -11585,7 +11589,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11588 "configure"
+#line 11592 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -17886,6 +17890,17 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 
+
+# Check whether --with-additional-debug-dirs was given.
+if test "${with_additional_debug_dirs+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_additional_debug_dirs;
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS "${withval}"
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+
 # We can't pass paths as command line arguments.
 # Mingw32 tries to be clever and will convert the paths for us.
 # For example -DBINDIR="/usr/local/bin" passed on the command line may get
diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
index 97c6bf0ed5f9..0264199b9481 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/configure.ac
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(DEBUGDIR, separate-debug-dir,
     [look for global separate debug info in this path @<:@LIBDIR/debug@:>@],
     [${libdir}/debug])
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(additional-debug-dirs,
+	    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-additional-debug-dirs=PATHs],
+			   [colon-separated list of additional directories to
+			    search for separate debug info]),
+	    [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS, "${withval}",
+				Additional directories to look for separate
+				debug info.)])
+
 # We can't pass paths as command line arguments.
 # Mingw32 tries to be clever and will convert the paths for us.
 # For example -DBINDIR="/usr/local/bin" passed on the command line may get
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e1385cfb5192..168c4f7cc016 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -22275,8 +22275,10 @@ file from @code{debuginfod} servers.
 
 @anchor{debug-file-directory}
 Global debugging info directories default to what is set by @value{GDBN}
-configure option @option{--with-separate-debug-dir}.  During @value{GDBN} run
-you can also set the global debugging info directories, and view the list
+configure option @option{--with-separate-debug-dir} and augmented by the
+colon-separated list of directories provided via @value{GDBN} configure
+option @option{--additional-debug-dirs}.  During @value{GDBN} run you can
+also set the global debugging info directories, and view the list
 @value{GDBN} is currently using.
 
 @table @code
diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c
index 97e04f5b5d8e..99468e0853ed 100644
--- a/gdb/main.c
+++ b/gdb/main.c
@@ -723,6 +723,11 @@ captured_main_1 (struct captured_main_args *context)
   debug_file_directory
     = relocate_gdb_directory (DEBUGDIR, DEBUGDIR_RELOCATABLE);
 
+#ifdef ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS
+  debug_file_directory = (debug_file_directory + DIRNAME_SEPARATOR
+			  + ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS);
+#endif
+
   gdb_datadir = relocate_gdb_directory (GDB_DATADIR,
 					GDB_DATADIR_RELOCATABLE);
 
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index cbe14b010466..5028440b6711 100644
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,12 @@ This GDB was configured as follows:\n\
 	     --with-separate-debug-dir=%s%s\n\
 "), DEBUGDIR, DEBUGDIR_RELOCATABLE ? " (relocatable)" : "");
 
+#ifdef ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS
+  gdb_printf (stream, _ ("\
+	     --with-additional-debug-dirs=%s\n\
+"), ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_DIRS);
+#endif
+
   if (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT[0])
     gdb_printf (stream, _("\
 	     --with-sysroot=%s%s\n\
