diff --git a/gdbinit b/gdbinit
index e7ff01b..b486f5a 100644
--- a/gdbinit
+++ b/gdbinit
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 set print pretty on
 set auto-load safe-path ~/
+# Enable C++ std pretty printing in LinuxMint 18.X
+# https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/STLSupport
+python
+from platform import linux_distribution
+distro = linux_distribution()
+if 'LinuxMint' == distro[0] and '18' in distro[1]:
+    from sys import path
+    path.insert(0, '/usr/share/gcc-5/python')
+    from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers
+    register_libstdcxx_printers(None)
+end