diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/schema/CDebugger.exsd b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/schema/CDebugger.exsd
index 2b6865949f8..7817b263604 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/schema/CDebugger.exsd
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/schema/CDebugger.exsd
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 <!-- Schema file written by PDE -->
 <schema targetNamespace="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core">
 <annotation>
-   <appInfo>
-      <meta.schema plugin="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core" id="CDebugger" name="CDebugger"/>
-   </appInfo>
-   <documentation>
-      [Enter description of this extension point]
-   </documentation>
-</annotation>
+      <appInfo>
+         <meta.schema plugin="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core" id="CDebugger" name="CDebugger"/>
+      </appInfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter description of this extension point]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
 
    <element name="extension">
       <complexType>
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
+         <attribute name="coreFileFilter" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>
 
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebugConfiguration.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebugConfiguration.java
index 2e674e330c3..6009bb8595a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebugConfiguration.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebugConfiguration.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public interface ICDebugConfiguration {
 	String getPlatform();
 	String[] getCPUList();
 	String[] getModeList();
+	String[] getCoreFileExtensions();
 	boolean supportsCPU(String cpu);
 	boolean supportsMode(String mode);
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/DebugConfiguration.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/DebugConfiguration.java
index 083b95f1254..1502d2f1068 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/DebugConfiguration.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/DebugConfiguration.java
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.core;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ public class DebugConfiguration implements ICDebugConfiguration {
 	private IConfigurationElement fElement;
 	private HashSet fModes;
 	private HashSet fCPUs;
+	private String[] fCoreExt;
 
 	public DebugConfiguration(IConfigurationElement element) {
 		fElement = element;
@@ -136,4 +139,22 @@ public class DebugConfiguration implements ICDebugConfiguration {
 		return fCPUs;
 	}
 
+	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.ICDebugConfiguration#getCoreFileExtensions()
+	 */
+	public String[] getCoreFileExtensions() {
+		if (fCoreExt == null) {
+			String cexts = getConfigurationElement().getAttribute("coreFileFilter"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(cexts, ","); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			List exts = new ArrayList();
+			while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+				String ext = tokenizer.nextToken().trim();
+				exts.add(ext);
+			}
+			exts.add("*.*"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			fCoreExt = (String[])exts.toArray(new String[exts.size()]);
+		}
+		return fCoreExt;
+	}
 }