diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug.ts
index 6e5e55159585bd1021045f30188d0b1d00720a5a..4cb0500ba8265c291d523885d37c2876abf2cfeb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ export enum State {
 	RunningNoDebug
 }
 
+// Service config
+
+export interface IDebugConfiguration {
+	allowBreakpointsEverywhere: boolean;
+}
+
 // service interfaces
 
 export interface IGlobalConfig {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debug.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debug.contribution.ts
index 8f196937718a0dc0e9a75934c4a4800298fcb3f7..03a9174d77f7e04645177a8ab6baa4da9d6dd0da 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debug.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debug.contribution.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { KeybindingsRegistry } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRe
 import { IKeybindings } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
 import { ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { SyncDescriptor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/descriptors';
+import * as confregistry from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry';
 import wbaregistry = require('vs/workbench/common/actionRegistry');
 import viewlet = require('vs/workbench/browser/viewlet');
 import panel = require('vs/workbench/browser/panel');
@@ -164,3 +165,19 @@ registerSingleton(IDebugService, service.DebugService);
 	'DebugErrorEditor'),
 	[new SyncDescriptor(DebugErrorEditorInput)]
 );
+
+// Register configuration
+const configurationRegistry = <confregistry.IConfigurationRegistry>platform.Registry.as(confregistry.Extensions.Configuration);
+configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
+	id: 'debug',
+	order: 20,
+	title: nls.localize('debugConfigurationTitle', "Debug"),
+	type: 'object',
+	properties: {
+		'debug.allowBreakpointsEverywhere': {
+			type: 'boolean',
+			description: nls.localize('allowBreakpointsEverywhere', "Allows setting breakpoints for all files, no matter the extension."),
+			default: false
+		}
+	}
+});
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/debugConfigurationManager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/debugConfigurationManager.ts
index 4c23f352f0a15356f9782bc94a8bf6b234a4b6b8..7940b8e47313643c05cd127fd5a3be47be5f9891 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/debugConfigurationManager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/debugConfigurationManager.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { IFileService } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
-import debug = require('vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug');
+import * as debug from 'vs/workbench/parts/debug/common/debug';
 import { Adapter } from 'vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/debugAdapter';
 import { IWorkbenchEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
 import { IQuickOpenService } from 'vs/workbench/services/quickopen/common/quickOpenService';
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ export class ConfigurationManager implements debug.IConfigurationManager {
 		if (model.uri.scheme === Schemas.inMemory) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		if (this.configurationService.getConfiguration<debug.IDebugConfiguration>('debug').allowBreakpointsEverywhere) {
+			return true;
+		}
 
 		const mode = model ? model.getMode() : null;
 		const modeId = mode ? mode.getId() : null;