diff --git a/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py b/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
index 2762091835d0c..3f13b1f693c54 100644
--- a/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
+++ b/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def __next__(self):
             self.count += 1
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, child)
 
+        next = __next__  # Needed for GDB built against Python 2.7.
+
     def __init__(self, val):
         self.val = val
 
@@ -356,6 +358,8 @@ def __next__(self):
                 self.offset = 0
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, outbit)
 
+        next = __next__  # Needed for GDB built against Python 2.7.
+
     class _VectorIterator(object):
         """Class to iterate over the non-bool vector's children."""
 
@@ -375,6 +379,8 @@ def __next__(self):
             self.item += 1
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, entry)
 
+        next = __next__  # Needed for GDB built against Python 2.7.
+
     def __init__(self, val):
         """Set val, length, capacity, and iterator for bool and normal vectors."""
         self.val = val