diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index c4e4f9f082..26f5a7449a 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
+#include "hw/cpu/cluster.h"
 #endif
 
 #define MAX_PACKET_LENGTH 4096
 
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
@@ -294,10 +295,15 @@ typedef struct GDBRegisterState {
     gdb_reg_cb set_reg;
     const char *xml;
     struct GDBRegisterState *next;
 } GDBRegisterState;
 
+typedef struct GDBProcess {
+    uint32_t pid;
+    bool attached;
+} GDBProcess;
+
 enum RSState {
     RS_INACTIVE,
     RS_IDLE,
     RS_GETLINE,
     RS_GETLINE_ESC,
@@ -322,10 +328,13 @@ typedef struct GDBState {
     int running_state;
 #else
     CharBackend chr;
     Chardev *mon_chr;
 #endif
+    bool multiprocess;
+    GDBProcess *processes;
+    int process_num;
     char syscall_buf[256];
     gdb_syscall_complete_cb current_syscall_cb;
 } GDBState;
 
 /* By default use no IRQs and no timers while single stepping so as to
@@ -1749,10 +1758,24 @@ void gdb_exit(CPUArchState *env, int code)
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
   qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&s->chr, true);
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create a unique process containing all the CPUs.
+ */
+static void create_unique_process(GDBState *s)
+{
+    GDBProcess *process;
+
+    s->processes = g_malloc0(sizeof(GDBProcess));
+    s->process_num = 1;
+    process = &s->processes[0];
+
+    process->pid = 1;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 int
 gdb_handlesig(CPUState *cpu, int sig)
 {
     GDBState *s;
@@ -1846,10 +1869,11 @@ static bool gdb_accept(void)
     }
 
     s = g_malloc0(sizeof(GDBState));
     s->c_cpu = first_cpu;
     s->g_cpu = first_cpu;
+    create_unique_process(s);
     s->fd = fd;
     gdb_has_xml = false;
 
     gdbserver_state = s;
     return true;
@@ -2002,10 +2026,69 @@ static const TypeInfo char_gdb_type_info = {
     .name = TYPE_CHARDEV_GDB,
     .parent = TYPE_CHARDEV,
     .class_init = char_gdb_class_init,
 };
 
+static int find_cpu_clusters(Object *child, void *opaque)
+{
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(child, TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER)) {
+        GDBState *s = (GDBState *) opaque;
+        CPUClusterState *cluster = CPU_CLUSTER(child);
+        GDBProcess *process;
+
+        s->processes = g_renew(GDBProcess, s->processes, ++s->process_num);
+
+        process = &s->processes[s->process_num - 1];
+
+        /*
+         * GDB process IDs -1 and 0 are reserved. To avoid subtle errors at
+         * runtime, we enforce here that the machine does not use a cluster ID
+         * that would lead to PID 0. */
+        assert(process->pid != UINT32_MAX);
+        process->pid = cluster->cluster_id + 1;
+        process->attached = false;
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return object_child_foreach(child, find_cpu_clusters, opaque);
+}
+
+static int pid_order(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    GDBProcess *pa = (GDBProcess *) a;
+    GDBProcess *pb = (GDBProcess *) b;
+
+    if (pa->pid < pb->pid) {
+        return -1;
+    } else if (pa->pid > pb->pid) {
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static void create_processes(GDBState *s)
+{
+    object_child_foreach(object_get_root(), find_cpu_clusters, s);
+
+    if (!s->processes) {
+        /* No CPU cluster specified by the machine */
+        create_unique_process(s);
+    } else {
+        /* Sort by PID */
+        qsort(s->processes, s->process_num, sizeof(s->processes[0]), pid_order);
+    }
+}
+
+static void cleanup_processes(GDBState *s)
+{
+    g_free(s->processes);
+    s->process_num = 0;
+    s->processes = NULL;
+}
+
 int gdbserver_start(const char *device)
 {
     trace_gdbstub_op_start(device);
 
     GDBState *s;
@@ -2058,15 +2141,19 @@ int gdbserver_start(const char *device)
                                    NULL, &error_abort);
         monitor_init(mon_chr, 0);
     } else {
         qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&s->chr, true);
         mon_chr = s->mon_chr;
+        cleanup_processes(s);
         memset(s, 0, sizeof(GDBState));
         s->mon_chr = mon_chr;
     }
     s->c_cpu = first_cpu;
     s->g_cpu = first_cpu;
+
+    create_processes(s);
+
     if (chr) {
         qemu_chr_fe_init(&s->chr, chr, &error_abort);
         qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&s->chr, gdb_chr_can_receive, gdb_chr_receive,
                                  gdb_chr_event, NULL, NULL, NULL, true);
     }
