diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index f87e1e3810f..6fa27c23525 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ let
     postInstall =
       ''
         rm -rf "$out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test"
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
       '';
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index 09860310541..7e28cdc1db7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ let
     postInstall =
       ''
         rm -rf "$out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test"
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
       '';
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index e8e343976bc..f4892f92b41 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   unpackPhase = "true";
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    for prg in 2to3 idle pydoc python python-config python${python.majorVersion} python${python.majorVersion}-config smtpd.py; do
+    for prg in 2to3 idle pdb pdb${python.majorVersion} pydoc python python-config python${python.majorVersion} python${python.majorVersion}-config smtpd.py; do
       makeWrapper "$python/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --suffix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"
     done
     ensureDir "$out/share"