diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_2.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_2.java
index 1571e1a635a..5784858a932 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_2.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_2.java
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ public class GDBBreakpoints_7_2 extends GDBBreakpoints_7_0
 	@Override
 	public void getBreakpoints(final IBreakpointsTargetDMContext context, final DataRequestMonitor<IBreakpointDMContext[]> drm)
 	{
+		if (bpThreadGroupInfoAvailable()) {
+			// With GDB 7.6, we obtain the thread-groups to which a breakpoint applies
+			// directly in the -break-list command, so we don't need to do any special processing.
+			super.getBreakpoints(context, drm);
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		// Validate the context
 		if (context == null) {
        		drm.setStatus(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, GdbPlugin.PLUGIN_ID, REQUEST_FAILED, UNKNOWN_EXECUTION_CONTEXT, null));
@@ -281,4 +288,17 @@ public class GDBBreakpoints_7_2 extends GDBBreakpoints_7_0
 			}
 		});
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Does the MI command -break-list provide information
+	 * about which thread-group a breakpoint applies to?
+	 * The use of this method allows us to avoid duplicating code.
+	 * See Bug 402217
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if the information is available (GDB >= 7.6),
+	 *         false otherwise.
+	 */
+	protected boolean bpThreadGroupInfoAvailable() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_6.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_6.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51222f6d67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBBreakpoints_7_6.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Ericsson and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *   Marc Khouzam (Ericsson) - Initial API and implementation 
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.service;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.concurrent.ImmediateRequestMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.concurrent.RequestMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.IBreakpoints;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.IBreakpointsExtension;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.IMICommandControl;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.MIBreakpoints;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.service.DsfSession;
+
+/**
+ * Breakpoint service for GDB 7.6.
+ *
+ * @since 4.2
+ */
+public class GDBBreakpoints_7_6 extends GDBBreakpoints_7_4
+{
+	private IMICommandControl fConnection;
+
+	public GDBBreakpoints_7_6(DsfSession session) {
+		super(session);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void initialize(final RequestMonitor rm) {
+		super.initialize(new ImmediateRequestMonitor(rm) {
+			@Override
+			protected void handleSuccess() {
+				doInitialize(rm);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private void doInitialize(final RequestMonitor rm) {
+    	// Get the services references
+		fConnection = getServicesTracker().getService(IMICommandControl.class);
+		
+		// Register this service
+		register(new String[] { IBreakpoints.class.getName(),
+		                        IBreakpointsExtension.class.getName(),
+								MIBreakpoints.class.getName(),
+								GDBBreakpoints_7_0.class.getName(),
+								GDBBreakpoints_7_2.class.getName(),
+								GDBBreakpoints_7_4.class.getName(),
+								GDBBreakpoints_7_6.class.getName() },
+				new Hashtable<String, String>());
+
+		rm.done();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void shutdown(RequestMonitor requestMonitor) {
+        unregister();
+		super.shutdown(requestMonitor);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected boolean bpThreadGroupInfoAvailable() {
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GdbDebugServicesFactory.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GdbDebugServicesFactory.java
index d01fcd6e7de..f8abef45c91 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GdbDebugServicesFactory.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GdbDebugServicesFactory.java
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public class GdbDebugServicesFactory extends AbstractDsfDebugServicesFactory {
 
 	@Override
 	protected IBreakpoints createBreakpointService(DsfSession session) {
+		if (GDB_7_6_VERSION.compareTo(fVersion) <= 0) {
+			return new GDBBreakpoints_7_6(session);
+		}
 		if (GDB_7_4_VERSION.compareTo(fVersion) <= 0) {
 			return new GDBBreakpoints_7_4(session);
 		}
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/output/MIBreakpoint.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/output/MIBreakpoint.java
index 753b1e1ceb6..f65e4a6b54f 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/output/MIBreakpoint.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/output/MIBreakpoint.java
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ public class MIBreakpoint  {
             	if (value instanceof MITuple) {
             		parseCommands((MITuple)value);
             	}
-            } else if (var.equals("thread-group")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+            } else if (var.equals("thread-groups")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
                 if (value instanceof MIList) {
             		parseGroups((MIList)value);
             	}