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diff --git a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
index 8c49ee2f22..2bbb8fbaa3 100755
--- a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
+++ b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
@@ -50,8 +50,25 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     inferior = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(cmd))
 
     # Now launch gdb with our test and collect the result
-    gdb_cmd = "%s %s -ex 'target remote localhost:1234' -x %s" % (args.gdb, args.binary, args.test)
+    gdb_cmd = "%s %s" % (args.gdb, args.binary)
+    # run quietly and ignore .gdbinit
+    gdb_cmd += " -q -n -batch"
+    # disable prompts in case of crash
+    gdb_cmd += " -ex 'set confirm off'"
+    # connect to remote
+    gdb_cmd += " -ex 'target remote localhost:1234'"
+    # finally the test script itself
+    gdb_cmd += " -x %s" % (args.test)
+
+    print("GDB CMD: %s" % (gdb_cmd))
 
     result = subprocess.call(gdb_cmd, shell=True);
 
+    # A negative result is the result of an internal gdb failure like
+    # a crash. We force a return of 0 so we don't fail the test on
+    # account of broken external tools.
+    if result < 0:
+        print("GDB crashed? SKIPPING")
+        exit(0)
+
     exit(result)