diff --git a/features/src/cccl-dev/.gdbinit b/features/src/cccl-dev/.gdbinit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1d051af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/src/cccl-dev/.gdbinit
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+set print pretty on
+set print array-indexes on
+
+set auto-load local-gdbinit on
+add-auto-load-safe-path @CCCL_DIR@/.gdbinit
diff --git a/features/src/cccl-dev/.lldbinit b/features/src/cccl-dev/.lldbinit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eccb25e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/src/cccl-dev/.lldbinit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+settings set target.load-cwd-lldbinit true
diff --git a/features/src/cccl-dev/install.sh b/features/src/cccl-dev/install.sh
index 086fca7d..b80d5344 100644
--- a/features/src/cccl-dev/install.sh
+++ b/features/src/cccl-dev/install.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ append_to_all_bashrcs "$(cat .bashrc | envsubst '$LIT_VERSION $DOXYGEN_VERSION $
 # export envvars in /etc/profile.d
 add_etc_profile_d_script cccl-dev "$(cat .bashrc | envsubst '$LIT_VERSION $DOXYGEN_VERSION $USERHOME')";
 
+cccl_dir="${USERHOME}/cccl"
+# install global lldbinit and gdbinit, append in case there is a pre-existing one
+# installed by the OS or packages
+cat .lldbinit | sed -e "s%@CCCL_DIR@%${cccl_dir}%" >> "${USERHOME}/.lldbinit";
+cat .gdbinit | sed -e "s%@CCCL_DIR@%${cccl_dir}%" >> "${USERHOME}/.gdbinit";
+
 # Clean up
 # rm -rf /tmp/*;
 rm -rf /var/tmp/*;