diff --git a/lldb/examples/synthetic/gnu_libstdcpp.py b/lldb/examples/synthetic/gnu_libstdcpp.py
index 27fca0a5d3271..9f1ba29ae126d 100644
--- a/lldb/examples/synthetic/gnu_libstdcpp.py
+++ b/lldb/examples/synthetic/gnu_libstdcpp.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def get_child_index(self, name):
         return 0
 
     def get_child_at_index(self, index):
+        # some versions of libstdcpp have an additional _M_value child with the actual value
+        possible_value = self.value.GetChildMemberWithName('_M_value')
+        if possible_value.IsValid():
+            return possible_value.Clone('Value')
         return self.value.Clone('Value')
 
 """