diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/2299.md b/news/2 Fixes/2299.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05672334474d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/2 Fixes/2299.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for breaking into the first line of code in the new debugger.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/debugger/Common/Contracts.ts b/src/client/debugger/Common/Contracts.ts
index a5eac0ed284a..79c1953f913c 100644
--- a/src/client/debugger/Common/Contracts.ts
+++ b/src/client/debugger/Common/Contracts.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export enum DebugOptions {
     Pyramid = 'Pyramid',
     FixFilePathCase = 'FixFilePathCase',
     WindowsClient = 'WindowsClient',
-    UnixClient = 'UnixClient'
+    UnixClient = 'UnixClient',
+    StopOnEntry = 'StopOnEntry'
 }
 
 export interface ExceptionHandling {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export interface AdditionalLaunchDebugOptions {
     debugStdLib?: boolean;
     sudo?: boolean;
     pyramid?: boolean;
+    stopOnEntry?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface AdditionalAttachDebugOptions {
diff --git a/src/client/debugger/DebugClients/LocalDebugClient.ts b/src/client/debugger/DebugClients/LocalDebugClient.ts
index 5ee1dffa4eca..532cc1e5df6d 100644
--- a/src/client/debugger/DebugClients/LocalDebugClient.ts
+++ b/src/client/debugger/DebugClients/LocalDebugClient.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { DebugClientHelper } from './helper';
 const VALID_DEBUG_OPTIONS = [
     'RedirectOutput',
     'DebugStdLib',
+    'stopOnEntry',
     'BreakOnSystemExitZero',
     'DjangoDebugging',
     'Django'];
diff --git a/src/client/debugger/configProviders/pythonV2Provider.ts b/src/client/debugger/configProviders/pythonV2Provider.ts
index b2d64f406faf..54f64e297397 100644
--- a/src/client/debugger/configProviders/pythonV2Provider.ts
+++ b/src/client/debugger/configProviders/pythonV2Provider.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export class PythonV2DebugConfigurationProvider extends BaseConfigurationProvide
         if (debugConfiguration.debugStdLib) {
             this.debugOption(debugOptions, DebugOptions.DebugStdLib);
         }
+        if (debugConfiguration.stopOnEntry) {
+            this.debugOption(debugOptions, DebugOptions.StopOnEntry);
+        }
         if (debugConfiguration.django) {
             this.debugOption(debugOptions, DebugOptions.Django);
         }