diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py b/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py
index b32a670e26..eff9a40037 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ class GoroutineCmd(gdb.Command):
 
 	def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
 		goid, cmd = arg.split(None, 1)
+		goid = gdb.parse_and_eval(goid)
 		pc, sp = find_goroutine(int(goid))
 		if not pc:
 			print "No such goroutine: ", goid