diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 6757ed47f6..f8bc17fe17 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@
     // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
+
         {
             "name": "(gdb) Launch",
             "type": "cppdbg",
             "request": "launch",
-            "program": "enter program name, for example ${workspaceFolder}/a.exe",
-            "args": [],
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/lte-softmodem",
+            "args": [
+                "-O", "../ci-scripts/conf_files/rcc.band7.tm1.nfapi.conf",
+                "--noS1"
+            ],
             "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/cmake_targets",
             "environment": [],
             "externalConsole": false,
             "MIMode": "gdb",
-            "miDebuggerPath": "/path/to/gdb",
+            "miDebuggerPath": "${workspaceFolder}/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb",
             "setupCommands": [
                 {
                     "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
@@ -25,4 +29,4 @@
             ]
         }
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/cmake_targets/gdb-helper b/cmake_targets/gdb-helper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fe85809c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_targets/gdb-helper
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
+source oaienv
+cd cmake_targets || exit
+
+cmd=(
+    ./ran_build/build/lte-softmodem
+    -O ../ci-scripts/conf_files/rcc.band7.tm1.nfapi.conf
+    --noS1
+    "$@"
+)
+
+exec sudo -E gdb "$@" --args "${cmd[@]}"
diff --git a/cmake_targets/gdb.txt b/cmake_targets/gdb.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33d9bd6d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_targets/gdb.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Make sure you've built with debug info:
+
+  cd ~/openairinterface5g # or wherever
+  source oaienv
+  cd cmake_targets
+  ./build_oai --UE --eNB --verbose-compile --run-with-gdb RelWithDebInfo
+  make -C ran_build/build -j4 lte-softmodem lte-uesoftmodem
+
+Verify the build was done correctly:
+
+$ ./gdb-helper
+...
+Reading symbols from ./ran_build/build/lte-softmodem...done.
+(gdb) b main
+Breakpoint 1 at 0x59f110: file /local/episys/openairinterface5g/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c, line 516.
+(gdb) run
+Starting program: /local/episys/openairinterface5g/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/lte-softmodem -O ../ci-scripts/conf_files/rcc.band7.tm1.nfapi.conf --noS1
+[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
+Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
+
+Breakpoint 1, main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe058) at /local/episys/openairinterface5g/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c:516
+516     {
+(gdb) list
+511       pthread_mutex_unlock(&nfapi_sync_mutex);
+512       printf( "NFAPI: got sync (%s)\n", thread_name);
+513     }
+514
+515     int main ( int argc, char **argv )
+516     {
+517       struct sched_param param =
+518       {
+519         .sched_priority = 79
+520       };
+(gdb) n
+521       if (sched_setscheduler( 0, SCHED_RR, &param ) == -1 )
+(gdb) quit
+A debugging session is active.
+
+        Inferior 1 [process 19964] will be killed.
+
+Quit anyway? (y or n) y
+$
+
+If gdb says "no debugging symbols found" then clean your workspace and re-do
+the build as above.
+
+(gdb) b main
+
+Using Vscode
+
+  cd ~/openairinterface5g # or wherever
+  code . targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c .vscode/launch.json
+
+See launch.json for details about how lte-softmodem is launched.
diff --git a/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb b/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d660a77483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Helper script for Vscode. See .vscode/launch.json "miDebuggerPath"
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
+source oaienv
+cd cmake_targets || exit
+exec sudo -E gdb "$@"