diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.gdb/src/org/eclipse/dd/gdb/internal/provisional/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.gdb/src/org/eclipse/dd/gdb/internal/provisional/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
index 8cc819ac349..ae475ee6821 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.gdb/src/org/eclipse/dd/gdb/internal/provisional/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.gdb/src/org/eclipse/dd/gdb/internal/provisional/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIEnvironmentCD;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIFileExecAndSymbols;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIGDBSetArgs;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIGDBSetAutoSolib;
+import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIGDBSetBreakpointApply;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIGDBSetNonStop;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MIGDBSetSolibSearchPath;
 import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands.MITargetSelect;
@@ -211,6 +212,22 @@ public class FinalLaunchSequence extends Sequence {
         		requestMonitor.done();
         	}
         }},
+        /*
+         * Tell GDB to have breakpoint affect all processes being debugged.
+         * The user should actually make this decision.  See bug 244053
+         */
+        new Step() { @Override
+        public void execute(final RequestMonitor requestMonitor) {
+            fCommandControl.queueCommand(
+                    // This command will fail for GDBs without multi-process support, and that is ok
+                    new MIGDBSetBreakpointApply(fCommandControl.getControlDMContext(), true),
+                    new DataRequestMonitor<MIInfo>(getExecutor(), requestMonitor) {
+                        @Override
+                        protected void handleCompleted() {
+                            requestMonitor.done();
+                        }
+                    });
+        }},
     	/*
     	 * Enable non-stop mode if necessary
     	 */
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.mi/src/org/eclipse/dd/mi/service/command/commands/MIGDBSetBreakpointApply.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.mi/src/org/eclipse/dd/mi/service/command/commands/MIGDBSetBreakpointApply.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9570a24f881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.mi/src/org/eclipse/dd/mi/service/command/commands/MIGDBSetBreakpointApply.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Ericsson and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Ericsson - Initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.commands;
+
+import org.eclipse.dd.mi.service.command.MIControlDMContext;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ *     -gdb-set breakpoint apply [global | process]
+ *     
+ * Set breakpoints applicability mode.
+ *   global == a breakpoint applies to all processes.
+ *   process == a breakpoint applies to a single process.
+ */
+public class MIGDBSetBreakpointApply extends MIGDBSet 
+{
+    public MIGDBSetBreakpointApply(MIControlDMContext ctx, boolean global) {
+        super(ctx, new String[] {"breakpoint", "apply", global ? "global" : "process"});//$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$//$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$
+    }
+}
+