diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.cpp
index 36c94f76bf37c2251d75751999ec5ee152df9164..495f28af0fb5a2b97d07b5c1413e5a00288f4175 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ CommonOptionsPageWidget::CommonOptionsPageWidget
         m_ui.checkBoxCloseBuffersOnExit);
     m_group->insert(dc->action(SwitchModeOnExit),
         m_ui.checkBoxSwitchModeOnExit);
+    m_group->insert(dc->action(BreakpointsFullPathByDefault),
+        m_ui.checkBoxBreakpointsFullPath);
     m_group->insert(dc->action(RaiseOnInterrupt),
         m_ui.checkBoxBringToForegroundOnInterrrupt);
     m_group->insert(dc->action(ShowQmlObjectTree),
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ QString CommonOptionsPageWidget::searchKeyWords() const
             << sep << m_ui.checkBoxFontSizeFollowsEditor->text()
             << sep << m_ui.checkBoxUseToolTipsInMainEditor->text()
             << sep << m_ui.checkBoxListSourceFiles->text()
+            << sep << m_ui.checkBoxBreakpointsFullPath->text()
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
             << sep << m_ui.checkBoxRegisterForPostMortem->text()
 #endif
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.ui b/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.ui
index 548ed122da80bc102ed325f50e5d112cd6d585d2..d31e3c85ec435eaaf58c776c775c2cae11cdd96c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/commonoptionspage.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>691</width>
+    <width>765</width>
     <height>341</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -65,7 +65,44 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="3" column="0">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxBringToForegroundOnInterrrupt">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Bring Qt Creator to foreground when application interrupts</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="3" column="1">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxShowQmlObjectTree">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Show QML object tree in Locals &amp; Expressions when connected and not stepping.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Show QML object tree</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item row="4" column="0">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxBreakpointsFullPath">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Enable a full file path in breakpoints by default also for the GDB</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Breakpoints full path by default</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="4" column="1">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxRegisterForPostMortem">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Register Qt Creator for debugging crashed applications.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Use Qt Creator for post-mortem debugging</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="labelMaximalStackDepth">
@@ -120,33 +157,6 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
-      <item row="3" column="0">
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxBringToForegroundOnInterrrupt">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Bring Qt Creator to foreground when application interrupts</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="4" column="1">
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxRegisterForPostMortem">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Register Qt Creator for debugging crashed applications.</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Use Qt Creator for post-mortem debugging</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="3" column="1">
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxShowQmlObjectTree">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Show QML object tree in Locals &amp; Expressions when connected and not stepping.</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Show QML object tree</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.cpp
index 354b87d4e21daa68df2fc3ac55115cdb4ba85fbd..8519f0f9c3a5ac805c0394b3451cf7a22a643763 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.cpp
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ DebuggerSettings::DebuggerSettings(QSettings *settings)
     item->setDefaultValue(false);
     insertItem(SwitchModeOnExit, item);
 
+    item = new SavedAction(this);
+    item->setSettingsKey(debugModeGroup, QLatin1String("BreakpointsFullPath"));
+    item->setCheckable(true);
+    item->setDefaultValue(false);
+    insertItem(BreakpointsFullPathByDefault, item);
+
     item = new SavedAction(this);
     item->setSettingsKey(debugModeGroup, QLatin1String("RaiseOnInterrupt"));
     item->setCheckable(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.h
index 2ace36819f7df3f70f545a717b45cdc683bb5d3f..c94721af4508eeb3e61cd2803202783cb4f01eb0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeractions.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ enum DebuggerActionCode
     OperateByInstruction,
     CloseBuffersOnExit,
     SwitchModeOnExit,
+    BreakpointsFullPathByDefault,
     RaiseOnInterrupt,
 
     UseDebuggingHelpers,
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
index 0fe1bf0e5fda19d872a0a7479d18cb79237214e6..caef2aac694083c34d95ea8a8c3fac03215102a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
@@ -1907,6 +1907,8 @@ void DebuggerPluginPrivate::toggleBreakpointByFileAndLine(const QString &fileNam
         handler->removeBreakpoint(id);
     } else {
         BreakpointParameters data(BreakpointByFileAndLine);
+        if (debuggerCore()->boolSetting(BreakpointsFullPathByDefault))
+            data.pathUsage = BreakpointUseFullPath;
         data.tracepoint = !tracePointMessage.isEmpty();
         data.message = tracePointMessage;
         data.fileName = fileName;