diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 42cda4dabfe..0dea480d027 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void qgisCrash( int signal )
       if ( gdbpid == 0 )
       {
         // attach, backtrace and continue
-        execl( "/usr/bin/gdbx", "gdb", "-q", "-batch", "-n", pidstr, "-ex", "thread", "-ex", "bt full", exename, NULL );
+        execl( "/usr/bin/gdb", "gdb", "-q", "-batch", "-n", pidstr, "-ex", "thread", "-ex", "bt full", exename, NULL );
         perror( "cannot exec gdb" );
         exit( 1 );
       }