diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/ErrorThread.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/ErrorThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd6f1e1254a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/ErrorThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Broadcom Corporation 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:
+ *     James Blackburn (Broadcom Corp.)
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Receiving, and printing to the console, stderr output
+ * @since 6.1
+ * @noextend This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
+ * @noinstantiate This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.
+ */
+public class ErrorThread extends Thread {
+
+	final MISession session;
+
+	public ErrorThread(MISession s) {
+		super("MI Error Thread"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		session = s;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Sit on the error stream output, and append to the GDB console
+	 */
+	public void run() {
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(session.getChannelErrorStream()));
+		try {
+			String line;
+			while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+				OutputStream console = session.getLogPipe();
+				if (console != null) {
+					console.write((line + "\n").getBytes()); //$NON-NLS-1$
+					console.flush();
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			try {
+				reader.close();
+			} catch (IOException e1) {/* closing anyway */}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MISession.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MISession.java
index 2db2cc60c4d..c4c7b54ecd5 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MISession.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MISession.java
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 	Process sessionProcess;
 	MIProcess gdbProcess;
 	InputStream inChannel;
+	InputStream inErrChannel;
 	OutputStream outChannel;
 
 	TxThread txThread;
 	RxThread rxThread;
+	ErrorThread errorThread;
 	EventThread eventThread;
 
 	CommandQueue txQueue;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 	public MISession(MIProcess process, IMITTY tty, int type, CommandFactory commandFactory, int commandTimeout, int launchTimeout, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws MIException {
 		gdbProcess = process;
 		inChannel = process.getInputStream();
+		inErrChannel = process.getErrorStream();
 		outChannel = process.getOutputStream();
 
 		factory = commandFactory;
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 		
 		txThread = new TxThread(this);
 		rxThread = new RxThread(this);
+		errorThread = new ErrorThread(this);
 		eventThread = new EventThread(this);
 
 		// initialize/setup
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 	public MISession(MIProcess process, IMITTY tty, int type, CommandFactory commandFactory, int commandTimeout) throws MIException {
 		gdbProcess = process;
 		inChannel = process.getInputStream();
+		inErrChannel = process.getErrorStream();
 		outChannel = process.getOutputStream();
 
 		factory = commandFactory;
@@ -199,12 +204,14 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 		
 		txThread = new TxThread(this);
 		rxThread = new RxThread(this);
+		errorThread = new ErrorThread(this);
 		eventThread = new EventThread(this);
 
 		setup();
 
 		txThread.start();
 		rxThread.start();
+		errorThread.start();
 		eventThread.start();	
 	}
 
@@ -251,6 +258,10 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 			if (rxThread.isAlive()) {
 				rxThread.interrupt();
 			}
+			// Kill the Error reading Thread.
+			if (errorThread.isAlive()) {
+				errorThread.interrupt();
+			}
 			// Kill the event Thread.
 			if (eventThread.isAlive()) {
 				eventThread.interrupt();
@@ -291,6 +302,7 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 
 		txThread.start();
 		rxThread.start();
+		errorThread.start();
 		eventThread.start();
 			
 		try {
@@ -308,6 +320,10 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 			if (rxThread.isAlive()) {
 				rxThread.interrupt();
 			}
+			// Kill the Error Thread.
+			if (errorThread.isAlive()) {
+				errorThread.interrupt();
+			}
 			// Kill the event Thread.
 			if (eventThread.isAlive()) {
 				eventThread.interrupt();
@@ -740,7 +756,14 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 			}
 		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
 		}
-
+		// Kill the Error Thread.
+		try {
+			if (errorThread.isAlive()) {
+				errorThread.interrupt();
+				errorThread.join(cmdTimeout);
+			}
+		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+		}
 		// Kill the event Thread ... if it is not us.
 		if (!eventThread.equals(Thread.currentThread())) {			
 			// Kill the event Thread.
@@ -802,6 +825,10 @@ public class MISession extends Observable {
 		return inChannel;
 	}
 
+	InputStream getChannelErrorStream() {
+		return inErrChannel;
+	}
+
 	OutputStream getChannelOutputStream() {
 		return outChannel;
 	}