diff --git a/src/base/remote_gdb.cc b/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
index f04b18a255..ad950464a0 100644
--- a/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
+++ b/src/base/remote_gdb.cc
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ BaseRemoteGDB::trap(ContextID id, int signum)
             send("");
         } catch (CmdError &e) {
             send(e.error);
+        } catch (std::exception &e) {
+            panic("Unrecognzied GDB exception: %s", e.what());
         } catch (...) {
             panic("Unrecognzied GDB exception.");
         }