diff --git a/src/dbg/commands/cmd-debug-control.cpp b/src/dbg/commands/cmd-debug-control.cpp
index 7ad4bcce..282e4ca6 100644
--- a/src/dbg/commands/cmd-debug-control.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/commands/cmd-debug-control.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ bool cbDebugPause(int argc, char* argv[])
         _dbg_animatestop(); // pause when animating
         return true;
     }
+    if(dbgtraceactive())
+    {
+        dbgforcebreaktrace(); // pause when tracing
+        return true;
+    }
     if(!DbgIsDebugging())
     {
         dputs(QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("DBG", "Not debugging!"));
diff --git a/src/dbg/debugger.cpp b/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
index a9d7bad0..d3374d8f 100644
--- a/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ struct TraceState
         logFile = StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(fileName);
     }
 
+    bool ForceBreakTrace()
+    {
+        return forceBreakTrace;
+    }
+
+    void SetForceBreakTrace()
+    {
+        forceBreakTrace = true;
+    }
+
     void Clear()
     {
         delete traceCondition;
@@ -210,6 +220,7 @@ struct TraceState
         delete logWriter;
         logWriter = nullptr;
         writeUtf16 = false;
+        forceBreakTrace = false;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -221,7 +232,9 @@ private:
     WString logFile;
     BufferedWriter* logWriter = nullptr;
     bool writeUtf16 = false;
+    bool forceBreakTrace = false;
 };
+
 // Debugging variables
 static PROCESS_INFORMATION g_pi = {0, 0, 0, 0};
 static char szBaseFileName[MAX_PATH] = "";
@@ -331,6 +344,12 @@ bool dbgtraceactive()
     return traceState.IsActive();
 }
 
+void dbgforcebreaktrace()
+{
+    if(traceState.IsActive())
+        traceState.SetForceBreakTrace();
+}
+
 bool dbgsettracelogfile(const char* fileName)
 {
     traceState.SetLogFile(fileName);
@@ -1363,7 +1382,7 @@ static void cbTraceUniversalConditionalStep(duint cip, bool bStepInto, void(*cal
         if(varget("$traceswitchcondition", &script_breakcondition, nullptr, nullptr))
             switchCondition = script_breakcondition != 0;
     }
-    if(breakCondition) //break the debugger
+    if(breakCondition || traceState.ForceBreakTrace()) //break the debugger
     {
         auto steps = dbgcleartracestate();
         varset("$tracecounter", steps, true);
diff --git a/src/dbg/debugger.h b/src/dbg/debugger.h
index 8868699c..200b5602 100644
--- a/src/dbg/debugger.h
+++ b/src/dbg/debugger.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ bool dbgsettracelog(const String & expression, const String & text);
 bool dbgsettracecmd(const String & expression, const String & text);
 bool dbgsettraceswitchcondition(const String & expression);
 bool dbgtraceactive();
+void dbgforcebreaktrace();
 bool dbgsettracelogfile(const char* fileName);
 void dbgsetdebuggeeinitscript(const char* fileName);
 const char* dbggetdebuggeeinitscript();