diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses_7_0.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses_7_0.java
index bae825ede26..4fe9950005d 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses_7_0.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses_7_0.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Contributors:
  *     Ericsson - initial API and implementation
  *     Onur Akdemir (TUBITAK BILGEM-ITI) - Multi-process debugging (Bug 237306)
+ *     John Dallaway - GDB 7.x MI thread details field ignored (Bug 325556)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.service;
 
@@ -655,7 +656,14 @@ public class GDBProcesses_7_0 extends AbstractDsfService
         	        		if (getData().getThreadList().length != 0) {
         	        			MIThread thread = getData().getThreadList()[0];
         	        			if (thread.getThreadId().equals(threadDmc.getId())) {
-        	        				threadData = new MIThreadDMData("", thread.getOsId());      //$NON-NLS-1$
+        	        				String id = thread.getOsId();
+        	        				// append thread details (if any) to the thread ID
+        	        				// as for GDB 6.x with CLIInfoThreadsInfo#getOsId()
+        	        				final String details = thread.getDetails();
+        	        				if (details != null && details.length() > 0) {
+        	        					id += " (" + details + ")"; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+        	        				}
+        	        				threadData = new MIThreadDMData("", id); //$NON-NLS-1$
         	        			}
         	        		}