diff --git a/bbdbg/bbdbg b/bbdbg/bbdbg
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+bbdbg_help() {
+  /bin/echo -e "NAME"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tbbdbg - debug applications in a target environment built by bitbake"
+  /bin/echo -e
+  /bin/echo -e "SYNOPSIS"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tbbdbg PATH FILE CORE PACKAGES"
+  /bin/echo -e
+  /bin/echo -e "DESCRIPTION"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tPATH is the path to the root of a bitbake build directory"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tFILE is the absolute path to the binary of interest in the target environment"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tCORE is an optional core file generated by FILE. Pass '-' for no core file"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tPACKAGES will be used to populate a temporary rootfs for debugging FILE"
+  /bin/echo -e
+  /bin/echo -e "EXAMPLE"
+  /bin/echo -e "\tbbdbg ~/src/openbmc/openbmc/build/p10bmc \\"
+  /bin/echo -e "\t\t/usr/bin/nvmesensor - \\"
+  /bin/echo -e "\t\tdbus-sensors dbus-sensors-dbg"
+}
+
+trap bbdbg_help EXIT
+
+BBDBG_PATH=$1; shift
+BBDBG_FILE=$1; shift
+BBDBG_CORE=$1; shift
+BBDBG_PKGS=$@
+
+BBDBG_ROOT=$(mktemp -t --directory bbdbg.XXX)
+BBDBG_LIBS=${BBDBG_PATH}/tmp/sysroots-components/$(uname -m)/libsolv-native/usr/lib
+BBDBG_OPKG=${BBDBG_PATH}/tmp/sysroots-components/$(uname -m)/opkg-native/usr/bin/opkg
+BBDBG_CONF=$(find ${BBDBG_PATH}/tmp/work/*/obmc-phosphor-image -name opkg.conf -exec grep -lE ^src \{\} \;)
+
+bbdbg_cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "$BBDBG_ROOT"
+}
+
+trap bbdbg_cleanup EXIT
+
+bbdbg_opkg() {
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BBDBG_LIBS} $BBDBG_OPKG -V0 -f $BBDBG_CONF -o $BBDBG_ROOT $@
+}
+
+set -x
+bbdbg_opkg update
+bbdbg_opkg install $BBDBG_PKGS
+gdb-multiarch -q \
+  -iex "set solib-absolute-prefix $BBDBG_ROOT" \
+  -iex "add-auto-load-safe-path $BBDBG_ROOT" \
+  ${BBDBG_ROOT}${BBDBG_FILE} \
+  $([ '-' = "${BBDBG_CORE}" ] || echo ${BBDBG_CORE})
+set +x