diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index df742d1de3d..bf1f0b15fb1 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-19 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Set the initial state of a thread according to the state of the underlying CDI thread.
+	* CThread.java
+
 2004-10-19 Alain Magloire
 	Fix NPE.
 	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/DebugConfiguration.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CThread.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CThread.java
index 33bf6e51e80..11daf7747d9 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CThread.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CThread.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class CThread extends CDebugElement implements ICThread, IRestart, IResum
 	 */
 	public CThread( CDebugTarget target, ICDIThread cdiThread ) {
 		super( target );
-		setState( CDebugElementState.RESUMED );
+		setState( cdiThread.isSuspended() ? CDebugElementState.SUSPENDED : CDebugElementState.RESUMED );
 		setCDIThread( cdiThread );
 		fConfig = getCDISession().getConfiguration();
 		initialize();