diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugSession.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugSession.ts
index 037d333ed2551e820f425b3861fb70c848952c2c..16f62f1d7dd8c05ea247731eac47e88c48f1c608 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugSession.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugSession.ts
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ export class DebugSession implements IDebugSession {
 									this.viewletService.openViewlet(VIEWLET_ID);
 								}
 
-								if (this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('debug.autoFocusEditor')) {
+								if (this.configurationService.getValue<IDebugConfiguration>('debug').focusWindowOnBreak) {
 									this.windowService.focusWindow();
 								}
 							}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/debug.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/debug.ts
index 1ac7b96593dd798cb99e8511644c6832b44de689..1798b2838c6f0d5c5ab608ab25a0e04f62a6a797 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/debug.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/debug.ts
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ export interface IDebugConfiguration {
 		lineHeight: number;
 		wordWrap: boolean;
 	};
+	focusWindowOnBreak: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IGlobalConfig {