diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 53149c565a..25ee936a8c 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,25 @@ static void handle_continue(GdbCmdContext *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
     gdb_continue(gdb_ctx->s);
 }
 
+static void handle_cont_with_sig(GdbCmdContext *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
+{
+    unsigned long signal = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Note: C sig;[addr] is currently unsupported and we simply
+     *       omit the addr parameter
+     */
+    if (gdb_ctx->num_params) {
+        signal = gdb_ctx->params[0].val_ul;
+    }
+
+    gdb_ctx->s->signal = gdb_signal_to_target(signal);
+    if (gdb_ctx->s->signal == -1) {
+        gdb_ctx->s->signal = 0;
+    }
+    gdb_continue(gdb_ctx->s);
+}
+
 static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
@@ -1592,11 +1611,16 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
         }
         break;
     case 'C':
-        s->signal = gdb_signal_to_target (strtoul(p, (char **)&p, 16));
-        if (s->signal == -1)
-            s->signal = 0;
-        gdb_continue(s);
-        return RS_IDLE;
+        {
+            static const GdbCmdParseEntry cont_with_sig_cmd_desc = {
+                .handler = handle_cont_with_sig,
+                .cmd = "C",
+                .cmd_startswith = 1,
+                .schema = "l0"
+            };
+            cmd_parser = &cont_with_sig_cmd_desc;
+        }
+        break;
     case 'v':
         if (strncmp(p, "Cont", 4) == 0) {
             p += 4;