diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBDebugger.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBDebugger.java
index 497335399da..19cbfe4735b 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBDebugger.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBDebugger.java
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.CDIException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDISession;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.CSession;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CygwinCommandFactory;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSet;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIInfo;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfiguration;
@@ -32,6 +35,21 @@ public class CygwinGDBDebugger extends GDBDebugger {
 		throws CDIException {
 		CSession session = (CSession) super.createLaunchSession(config, exe);
 		session.getMISession().setCommandFactory(commandFactory);
+		// For windows we need to start the inferior in a new console window
+		// to separate the Inferior std{in,out,err} from gdb std{in,out,err}
+		MISession mi = session.getMISession();
+		try {
+			CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
+			MIGDBSet set = factory.createMIGDBSet(new String[]{"new-console"});
+			mi.postCommand(set);
+			MIInfo info = set.getMIInfo();
+			if (info == null) {
+				throw new MIException("No answer");
+			}
+		} catch (MIException e) {
+			// We ignore this exception, for example
+			// on GNU/Linux the new-console is an error.
+		}
 		return session;
 	}