diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debugService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debugService.ts
index e6d5c0f8ec032bddb47eac984cf8f47513451286..125178c0afac30da3aa8ad800283eb6aea627353 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debugService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/electron-browser/debugService.ts
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ export class DebugService implements debug.IDebugService {
 			}
 		}));
 
+		this.toDisposeOnSessionEnd.push(this.session.onDidContinued(event => {
+			this.lazyTransitionToRunningState(event.body.allThreadsContinued ? undefined : event.body.threadId);
+		}));
+
 		this.toDisposeOnSessionEnd.push(this.session.onDidOutput(event => {
 			if (event.body && event.body.category === 'telemetry') {
 				// only log telemetry events from debug adapter if the adapter provided the telemetry key
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/rawDebugSession.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/rawDebugSession.ts
index 034db96e5b014ac633063a56f86221d95cbb10ba..21407b10ff5ea05b7ea909a1c5426737d794184c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/rawDebugSession.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/node/rawDebugSession.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export class RawDebugSession extends v8.V8Protocol implements debug.IRawDebugSes
 
 	private _onDidInitialize: Emitter<DebugProtocol.InitializedEvent>;
 	private _onDidStop: Emitter<DebugProtocol.StoppedEvent>;
+	private _onDidContinued: Emitter<DebugProtocol.ContinuedEvent>;
 	private _onDidTerminateDebugee: Emitter<SessionTerminatedEvent>;
 	private _onDidExitAdapter: Emitter<SessionExitedEvent>;
 	private _onDidThread: Emitter<DebugProtocol.ThreadEvent>;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class RawDebugSession extends v8.V8Protocol implements debug.IRawDebugSes
 
 		this._onDidInitialize = new Emitter<DebugProtocol.InitializedEvent>();
 		this._onDidStop = new Emitter<DebugProtocol.StoppedEvent>();
+		this._onDidContinued = new Emitter<DebugProtocol.ContinuedEvent>();
 		this._onDidTerminateDebugee = new Emitter<SessionTerminatedEvent>();
 		this._onDidExitAdapter = new Emitter<SessionExitedEvent>();
 		this._onDidThread = new Emitter<DebugProtocol.ThreadEvent>();
@@ -94,6 +96,10 @@ export class RawDebugSession extends v8.V8Protocol implements debug.IRawDebugSes
 		return this._onDidStop.event;
 	}
 
+	public get onDidContinued(): Event<DebugProtocol.ContinuedEvent> {
+		return this._onDidContinued.event;
+	}
+
 	public get onDidTerminateDebugee(): Event<SessionTerminatedEvent> {
 		return this._onDidTerminateDebugee.event;
 	}
@@ -184,6 +190,8 @@ export class RawDebugSession extends v8.V8Protocol implements debug.IRawDebugSes
 		} else if (event.event === 'stopped') {
 			this.emittedStopped = true;
 			this._onDidStop.fire(<DebugProtocol.StoppedEvent>event);
+		} else if (event.event === 'continued') {
+			this._onDidContinued.fire(<DebugProtocol.ContinuedEvent>event);
 		} else if (event.event === 'thread') {
 			this._onDidThread.fire(<DebugProtocol.ThreadEvent>event);
 		} else if (event.event === 'output') {