diff --git a/install-ubuntu-environment.sh b/install-ubuntu-environment.sh
index c64e55fcef2f7aa94e3c05956dedf8858f8b4592..01b29bba67cfb18e6a3017008484250382c10e42 100755
--- a/install-ubuntu-environment.sh
+++ b/install-ubuntu-environment.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/minicom
 sudo apt install -y g++ autoconf libtool device-tree-compiler make patch libglib2.0-dev u-boot-tools 
 sudo apt install -y libncurses5-dev mercurial flex bison swig python-dev python3-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev
 
+## make additional symbolic links for former libraries used by aarch64 gdb 
+## probably to be removed with newest buildroot version
+sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 
+sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5
+
 #install git tools and configure keyring
 sudo apt install -y git git-gui meld
 sudo apt install -y libsecret-1-0 libsecret-1-dev