diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/plugin.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/plugin.xml
index 50250de53d6..3a309b27a00 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -311,6 +311,22 @@
                id="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui.tracecontrol.view">
          </viewShortcut>
       </perspectiveExtension>
+      <!-- The debugger console view is not present in the debug perspective by default.
+		   This allows integrators to add their specific console view implementation as needed.
+		   Dsf-gdb relies on the default console implementation which we therefore associate to
+		   the debug perspective here, without interfering with integrations separated from dsf-gdb -->
+      <perspectiveExtension
+            targetID="org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugPerspective">
+         <view
+               relative="org.eclipse.ui.console.ConsoleView"
+               visible="false"
+               relationship="stack"
+               id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui.debuggerConsoleView">
+         </view>
+         <viewShortcut
+               id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui.debuggerConsoleView">
+         </viewShortcut>
+      </perspectiveExtension>
    </extension>
    <extension
        point="org.eclipse.ui.commands">