diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index f6d17307925..6648d21b171 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-22 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fire the suspend event for the current thread on the target creation.
+	* CDebugTarget.java
+
 2004-10-21 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Thread should handle CDI events from the corresponding CDI thread only.
 	"canSuspend" should return true if the thread is stepping.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
index c1cefc01ffc..fcbfd7eb6d1 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
@@ -279,9 +279,22 @@ public class CDebugTarget extends CDebugElement implements ICDebugTarget, ICDIEv
 		catch( CDIException e ) {
 			// ignore
 		}
+		DebugEvent suspendEvent = null;
 		for( int i = 0; i < cdiThreads.length; ++i ) {
 			CThread thread = createThread( cdiThreads[i] );
 			debugEvents.add( thread.createCreateEvent() );
+			try {
+				if ( cdiThreads[i].equals( getCDITarget().getCurrentThread() ) ) {
+					// Use BREAKPOINT as a detail to force perspective switch
+					suspendEvent = thread.createSuspendEvent( DebugEvent.BREAKPOINT );
+				}
+			}
+			catch( CDIException e ) {
+				// ignore
+			}
+		}
+		if ( suspendEvent != null ) {
+			debugEvents.add( suspendEvent );
 		}
 	}