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diff --git a/src/src/eximon.src b/src/src/eximon.src
index d8b3b3182..fac24208c 100644
--- a/src/src/eximon.src
+++ b/src/src/eximon.src
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # The build process concatenates on the front of this various settings from
 # os-specific files and from the user's configuration file.
 
-# Copyright (c) 2004 University of Cambridge.
+# Copyright (c) 2004 - 2012 University of Cambridge.
 # See the file NOTICE for conditions of use and distribution.
 
 # Except when they appear in comments, the following placeholders in this
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 
 # PROCESSED_FLAG
 
+# See if caller wants to invoke gdb
+
+use_gdb=''
+
+case ${1:-foo} in
+  gdb*) use_gdb="$1"; shift ;;
+esac
+
 # Save arguments (can be the usual X parameters)
 
 cmd_args="$@"
@@ -181,8 +189,13 @@ export EXIM_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
 
 # Exec to the program we really want to run, thereby continuing in
 # just the one process, and let it run in parallel with whatever
-# called this script.
+# called this script (unless gdb was requested in original $1).
 
-exec ${EXIMON_BINARY} $cmd_args &
+if [ "${use_gdb:-}" = "" ] ; then
+  exec "${EXIMON_BINARY}" $cmd_args &
+else
+  exec "$use_gdb" "${EXIMON_BINARY}" $cmd_args
+  # not backgrounded
+fi
 
 # End