diff --git a/linux-user/hexagon/cpu_loop.c b/linux-user/hexagon/cpu_loop.c
index b84e25bf71..7f1499ed28 100644
--- a/linux-user/hexagon/cpu_loop.c
+++ b/linux-user/hexagon/cpu_loop.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUHexagonState *env)
         case EXCP_ATOMIC:
             cpu_exec_step_atomic(cs);
             break;
+        case EXCP_DEBUG:
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGTRAP, TARGET_TRAP_BRKPT, 0);
+            break;
         default:
             EXCP_DUMP(env, "\nqemu: unhandled CPU exception %#x - aborting\n",
                      trapnr);