diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index e28f37498..8e6cdbe8a 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -282,6 +282,22 @@ if [[ (${ARCH} != "ppc64le") && (${ARCH} != "s390x") ]]; then
   /install_lua_resty_waf.sh
 fi
 
+# install openresty-gdb-utils
+cd /
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openresty/openresty-gdb-utils.git
+cat > ~/.gdbinit << EOF
+directory /openresty-gdb-utils
+
+py import sys
+py sys.path.append("/openresty-gdb-utils")
+
+source luajit20.gdb
+source ngx-lua.gdb
+source luajit21.py
+source ngx-raw-req.py
+set python print-stack full
+EOF
+
 # build opentracing lib
 cd "$BUILD_PATH/opentracing-cpp-$OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION"
 mkdir .build