diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugUtils.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugUtils.java
index 0338a2376d8..99f5a86aa3d 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugUtils.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugUtils.java
@@ -20,21 +20,24 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+
 import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.CDIException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICAddressBreakpoint;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICBreakpoint;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICFunctionBreakpoint;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICLineBreakpoint;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICWatchpoint2;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICValue;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICWatchpoint;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICWatchpoint2;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.core.model.CFloatingPointValue;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
@@ -325,6 +328,9 @@ public class CDebugUtils {
 		if ( breakpoint instanceof ICWatchpoint ) {
 			return getWatchpointText( (ICWatchpoint)breakpoint, qualified );
 		}
+		// this allow to create new breakpoint without implemention one the interfaces above and still see a label
+		Object message = breakpoint.getMarker().getAttribute(IMarker.MESSAGE);
+		if (message!=null) return message.toString();
 		return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}