diff -u python2.7-2.7.11/debian/changelog python2.7-2.7.11/debian/changelog
--- python2.7-2.7.11/debian/changelog
+++ python2.7-2.7.11/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python2.7 (2.7.11-7ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix gdb auto-load symlink for the python2.7 binary. LP: #1571198.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 17 Apr 2016 16:00:29 +0200
+
 python2.7 (2.7.11-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update to 20160330 from the 2.7 branch.
diff -u python2.7-2.7.11/debian/control python2.7-2.7.11/debian/control
--- python2.7-2.7.11/debian/control
+++ python2.7-2.7.11/debian/control
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Source: python2.7
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), gcc-5 (>= 5.3.1),
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), 
   quilt, autoconf, autotools-dev,
   lsb-release, sharutils,
   libreadline-dev, libtinfo-dev, libncursesw5-dev (>= 5.3),
diff -u python2.7-2.7.11/debian/rules python2.7-2.7.11/debian/rules
--- python2.7-2.7.11/debian/rules
+++ python2.7-2.7.11/debian/rules
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@
 		| xargs -n 1 $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-objcopy -p --remove-section=.gnu.lto_.*
 	dh_strip -a -N$(p_dbg) -N$(p_ldbg) -Xdebug -Xdbg --dbg-package=$(p_dbg)
 	mkdir -p $(d_dbg)/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/bin
-	cp Tools/gdb/libpython.py $(d_dbg)/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/bin/$(PVER)m-gdb.py
+	cp Tools/gdb/libpython.py $(d_dbg)/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/bin/$(PVER)-gdb.py
 	ln -sf $(PVER)-gdb.py $(d_dbg)/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/bin/$(PVER)-dbg-gdb.py
 	mkdir -p $(d_dbg)/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 	ln -sf ../../bin/$(PVER)-gdb.py \