diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ac5ef05c21..73646558db 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2837,6 +2837,7 @@ trace_events_subdirs = [
   'qom',
   'monitor',
   'util',
+  'gdbstub',
 ]
 if have_linux_user
   trace_events_subdirs += [ 'linux-user' ]
@@ -2960,6 +2961,7 @@ subdir('authz')
 subdir('crypto')
 subdir('ui')
 subdir('hw')
+subdir('gdbstub')
 
 
 if enable_modules
@@ -3037,7 +3039,7 @@ common_ss.add(files('cpus-common.c'))
 subdir('softmmu')
 
 common_ss.add(capstone)
-specific_ss.add(files('cpu.c', 'disas.c', 'gdbstub.c'), capstone)
+specific_ss.add(files('cpu.c', 'disas.c'), capstone)
 
 # Work around a gcc bug/misfeature wherein constant propagation looks
 # through an alias:
diff --git a/gdbstub/trace.h b/gdbstub/trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dee87b1238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdbstub/trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "trace/trace-gdbstub.h"
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub/gdbstub.c
similarity index 99%
rename from gdbstub.c
rename to gdbstub/gdbstub.c
index cf869b10e3..7d8fe475b3 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub/gdbstub.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
-#include "trace/trace-root.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 #include "qemu.h"
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 789172b2a8..e1530b51a2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ GDB stub
 M: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
 R: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
 S: Maintained
-F: gdbstub*
+F: gdbstub/*
 F: include/exec/gdbstub.h
 F: gdb-xml/
 F: tests/tcg/multiarch/gdbstub/
diff --git a/gdbstub/meson.build b/gdbstub/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d4ae2d03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdbstub/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+specific_ss.add(files('gdbstub.c'))
diff --git a/gdbstub/trace-events b/gdbstub/trace-events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f0c303bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdbstub/trace-events
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# See docs/devel/tracing.rst for syntax documentation.
+
+# gdbstub.c
+gdbstub_op_start(const char *device) "Starting gdbstub using device %s"
+gdbstub_op_exiting(uint8_t code) "notifying exit with code=0x%02x"
+gdbstub_op_continue(void) "Continuing all CPUs"
+gdbstub_op_continue_cpu(int cpu_index) "Continuing CPU %d"
+gdbstub_op_stepping(int cpu_index) "Stepping CPU %d"
+gdbstub_op_extra_info(const char *info) "Thread extra info: %s"
+gdbstub_hit_watchpoint(const char *type, int cpu_gdb_index, uint64_t vaddr) "Watchpoint hit, type=\"%s\" cpu=%d, vaddr=0x%" PRIx64 ""
+gdbstub_hit_internal_error(void) "RUN_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR"
+gdbstub_hit_break(void) "RUN_STATE_DEBUG"
+gdbstub_hit_paused(void) "RUN_STATE_PAUSED"
+gdbstub_hit_shutdown(void) "RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN"
+gdbstub_hit_io_error(void) "RUN_STATE_IO_ERROR"
+gdbstub_hit_watchdog(void) "RUN_STATE_WATCHDOG"
+gdbstub_hit_unknown(int state) "Unknown run state=0x%x"
+gdbstub_io_reply(const char *message) "Sent: %s"
+gdbstub_io_binaryreply(size_t ofs, const char *line) "0x%04zx: %s"
+gdbstub_io_command(const char *command) "Received: %s"
+gdbstub_io_got_ack(void) "Got ACK"
+gdbstub_io_got_unexpected(uint8_t ch) "Got 0x%02x when expecting ACK/NACK"
+gdbstub_err_got_nack(void) "Got NACK, retransmitting"
+gdbstub_err_garbage(uint8_t ch) "received garbage between packets: 0x%02x"
+gdbstub_err_overrun(void) "command buffer overrun, dropping command"
+gdbstub_err_invalid_repeat(uint8_t ch) "got invalid RLE count: 0x%02x"
+gdbstub_err_invalid_rle(void) "got invalid RLE sequence"
+gdbstub_err_checksum_invalid(uint8_t ch) "got invalid command checksum digit: 0x%02x"
+gdbstub_err_checksum_incorrect(uint8_t expected, uint8_t got) "got command packet with incorrect checksum, expected=0x%02x, received=0x%02x"
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index bc71006675..035f3d570d 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -46,34 +46,6 @@ ram_block_discard_range(const char *rbname, void *hva, size_t length, bool need_
 memory_notdirty_write_access(uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t ram_addr, unsigned size) "0x%" PRIx64 " ram_addr 0x%" PRIx64 " size %u"
 memory_notdirty_set_dirty(uint64_t vaddr) "0x%" PRIx64
 
-# gdbstub.c
-gdbstub_op_start(const char *device) "Starting gdbstub using device %s"
-gdbstub_op_exiting(uint8_t code) "notifying exit with code=0x%02x"
-gdbstub_op_continue(void) "Continuing all CPUs"
-gdbstub_op_continue_cpu(int cpu_index) "Continuing CPU %d"
-gdbstub_op_stepping(int cpu_index) "Stepping CPU %d"
-gdbstub_op_extra_info(const char *info) "Thread extra info: %s"
-gdbstub_hit_watchpoint(const char *type, int cpu_gdb_index, uint64_t vaddr) "Watchpoint hit, type=\"%s\" cpu=%d, vaddr=0x%" PRIx64 ""
-gdbstub_hit_internal_error(void) "RUN_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR"
-gdbstub_hit_break(void) "RUN_STATE_DEBUG"
-gdbstub_hit_paused(void) "RUN_STATE_PAUSED"
-gdbstub_hit_shutdown(void) "RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN"
-gdbstub_hit_io_error(void) "RUN_STATE_IO_ERROR"
-gdbstub_hit_watchdog(void) "RUN_STATE_WATCHDOG"
-gdbstub_hit_unknown(int state) "Unknown run state=0x%x"
-gdbstub_io_reply(const char *message) "Sent: %s"
-gdbstub_io_binaryreply(size_t ofs, const char *line) "0x%04zx: %s"
-gdbstub_io_command(const char *command) "Received: %s"
-gdbstub_io_got_ack(void) "Got ACK"
-gdbstub_io_got_unexpected(uint8_t ch) "Got 0x%02x when expecting ACK/NACK"
-gdbstub_err_got_nack(void) "Got NACK, retransmitting"
-gdbstub_err_garbage(uint8_t ch) "received garbage between packets: 0x%02x"
-gdbstub_err_overrun(void) "command buffer overrun, dropping command"
-gdbstub_err_invalid_repeat(uint8_t ch) "got invalid RLE count: 0x%02x"
-gdbstub_err_invalid_rle(void) "got invalid RLE sequence"
-gdbstub_err_checksum_invalid(uint8_t ch) "got invalid command checksum digit: 0x%02x"
-gdbstub_err_checksum_incorrect(uint8_t expected, uint8_t got) "got command packet with incorrect checksum, expected=0x%02x, received=0x%02x"
-
 # job.c
 job_state_transition(void *job,  int ret, const char *legal, const char *s0, const char *s1) "job %p (ret: %d) attempting %s transition (%s-->%s)"
 job_apply_verb(void *job, const char *state, const char *verb, const char *legal) "job %p in state %s; applying verb %s (%s)"
