diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/AppActionHandlers.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/AppActionHandlers.cpp
index df8a55009..7da1daa6f 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/AppActionHandlers.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/AppActionHandlers.cpp
@@ -551,4 +551,15 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
             actionArgs.Handled(true);
         }
     }
+
+    void TerminalPage::_HandleBreakIntoDebugger(const IInspectable& /*sender*/,
+                                                const ActionEventArgs& actionArgs)
+    {
+        if (_settings.GlobalSettings().DebugFeaturesEnabled())
+        {
+            actionArgs.Handled(true);
+            DebugBreak();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.cpp
index e3e045bce..80a7d9aea 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
             _TabSearchHandlers(*this, eventArgs);
             break;
         }
+        case ShortcutAction::BreakIntoDebugger:
+        {
+            _BreakIntoDebuggerHandlers(*this, eventArgs);
+            break;
+        }
         default:
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.h
index 40b8bdf67..60770a48e 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         TYPED_EVENT(CloseTabsAfter,       TerminalApp::ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs);
         TYPED_EVENT(TabSearch,            TerminalApp::ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs);
         TYPED_EVENT(MoveTab,              TerminalApp::ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs);
+        TYPED_EVENT(BreakIntoDebugger,    TerminalApp::ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs);
         // clang-format on
 
     private:
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.idl b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.idl
index ef84a58d7..2f9e7ccea 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.idl
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/ShortcutActionDispatch.idl
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ namespace TerminalApp
         event Windows.Foundation.TypedEventHandler<ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.Model.ActionEventArgs> CloseTabsAfter;
         event Windows.Foundation.TypedEventHandler<ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.Model.ActionEventArgs> TabSearch;
         event Windows.Foundation.TypedEventHandler<ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.Model.ActionEventArgs> MoveTab;
+        event Windows.Foundation.TypedEventHandler<ShortcutActionDispatch, Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.Model.ActionEventArgs> BreakIntoDebugger;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
index 0bd06ac43..eab3929e1 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         _actionDispatch->CloseTabsAfter({ this, &TerminalPage::_HandleCloseTabsAfter });
         _actionDispatch->TabSearch({ this, &TerminalPage::_HandleOpenTabSearch });
         _actionDispatch->MoveTab({ this, &TerminalPage::_HandleMoveTab });
+        _actionDispatch->BreakIntoDebugger({ this, &TerminalPage::_HandleBreakIntoDebugger });
     }
 
     // Method Description:
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.h
index 7545f0c01..e24ee8710 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         void _HandleCloseTabsAfter(const IInspectable& sender, const Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs& args);
         void _HandleOpenTabSearch(const IInspectable& sender, const Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs& args);
         void _HandleMoveTab(const IInspectable& sender, const Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs& args);
+        void _HandleBreakIntoDebugger(const IInspectable& sender, const Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::ActionEventArgs& args);
         // Make sure to hook new actions up in _RegisterActionCallbacks!
 #pragma endregion
 
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/ActionAndArgs.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/ActionAndArgs.cpp
index 97341ba58..d4262276b 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/ActionAndArgs.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/ActionAndArgs.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static constexpr std::string_view ToggleFullscreenKey{ "toggleFullscreen" };
 static constexpr std::string_view TogglePaneZoomKey{ "togglePaneZoom" };
 static constexpr std::string_view ToggleRetroEffectKey{ "toggleRetroEffect" };
 static constexpr std::string_view MoveTabKey{ "moveTab" };
+static constexpr std::string_view BreakIntoDebuggerKey{ "breakIntoDebugger" };
 
 static constexpr std::string_view ActionKey{ "action" };
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::implementation
         { TogglePaneZoomKey, ShortcutAction::TogglePaneZoom },
         { ToggleRetroEffectKey, ShortcutAction::ToggleRetroEffect },
         { MoveTabKey, ShortcutAction::MoveTab },
+        { BreakIntoDebuggerKey, ShortcutAction::BreakIntoDebugger },
         { UnboundKey, ShortcutAction::Invalid },
     };
 
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model::implementation
                 { ShortcutAction::TogglePaneZoom, RS_(L"TogglePaneZoomCommandKey") },
                 { ShortcutAction::ToggleRetroEffect, RS_(L"ToggleRetroEffectCommandKey") },
                 { ShortcutAction::MoveTab, L"" }, // Intentionally omitted, must be generated by GenerateName
+                { ShortcutAction::BreakIntoDebugger, RS_(L"BreakIntoDebuggerCommandKey") },
             };
         }();
 
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/KeyMapping.idl b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/KeyMapping.idl
index 21c9534f5..a334ce3e9 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/KeyMapping.idl
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/KeyMapping.idl
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.Model
         CloseOtherTabs,
         CloseTabsAfter,
         TabSearch,
-        MoveTab
+        MoveTab,
+        BreakIntoDebugger
     };
 
     [default_interface] runtimeclass ActionAndArgs {
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Resources/en-US/Resources.resw b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Resources/en-US/Resources.resw
index 414eb1b17..5c7330a57 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Resources/en-US/Resources.resw
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Resources/en-US/Resources.resw
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
-  <!-- 
-    Microsoft ResX Schema 
-    
+  <!--
+    Microsoft ResX Schema
+
     Version 2.0
-    
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
     associated with the data types.
-    
+
     Example:
-    
+
     ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
     <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
     <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@
         <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
         <comment>This is a comment</comment>
     </data>
-                
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
     name/value pairs.
-    
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
     mimetype set.
-    
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
     extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-    
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
     read any of the formats listed below.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
 
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
             : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
@@ -348,4 +348,7 @@
   <data name="ToggleRetroEffectCommandKey" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Toggle retro terminal effect</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="BreakIntoDebuggerCommandKey" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Break into the debugger</value>
+  </data>
 </root>