diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 659023b..5c8f649 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@
         main.SConscript(joinpath(root, 'SConscript'),
                         variant_dir=joinpath(build_root, build_dir))
 
+gdb_xml_dir = joinpath(ext_dir, 'gdb-xml')
+Export('gdb_xml_dir')
+
 main.Prepend(CPPPATH=Dir('ext/pybind11/include/'))
 
 ###################################################
diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5f8a2d2..74adf3c
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@
                 MakeAction(embedBlob, Transform("EMBED BLOB")))
     Source(cpp_path)
 
+def GdbXml(xml_id, symbol):
+    Blob(joinpath(gdb_xml_dir, xml_id), symbol)
+
 class Source(SourceFile):
     ungrouped_tag = 'No link group'
     source_groups = set()
@@ -522,6 +525,7 @@
 
 # Children should have access
 Export('Blob')
+Export('GdbXml')
 Export('Source')
 Export('PySource')
 Export('SimObject')