diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go b/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
index 6ebc69a..648092a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func TestGdbPython(t *testing.T) {
 
 	args := []string{"-nx", "-q", "--batch", "-iex",
 		fmt.Sprintf("add-auto-load-safe-path %s/src/runtime", runtime.GOROOT()),
+		"-ex", "set startup-with-shell off",
 		"-ex", "info auto-load python-scripts",
 		"-ex", "br main.go:10",
 		"-ex", "run",