diff --git a/run.in b/run.in
index c5f6888..3d05c4d 100755
--- a/run.in
+++ b/run.in
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ set -e
 ABS_BUILDDIR='@ABS_BUILDDIR@'
 ABS_SRCDIR='@ABS_SRCDIR@'
 
+if [ "${CALLS_GDB}" = 1 ]; then
+    echo "Running calls under gdb"
+    WRAPPER="gdb"
+fi
+
 export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="${ABS_BUILDDIR}/data"
 export CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR="${ABS_BUILDDIR}/plugins"
 set -x
-exec "${ABS_BUILDDIR}/src/gnome-calls" "$@"
+exec ${WRAPPER} "${ABS_BUILDDIR}/src/gnome-calls" "$@"