diff --git a/share/qtcreator/debugger/lldbbridge.py b/share/qtcreator/debugger/lldbbridge.py
index a961569cd03..cf19c1eac83 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/debugger/lldbbridge.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/debugger/lldbbridge.py
@@ -957,6 +957,12 @@ class Dumper(DumperBase):
                 return
             self.report('pid="%s"' % self.process.GetProcessID())
             self.reportState('enginerunandinferiorrunok')
+        if self.target is not None:
+            broadcaster = self.target.GetBroadcaster()
+            listener = self.debugger.GetListener()
+            broadcaster.AddListener(listener, lldb.SBTarget.eBroadcastBitBreakpointChanged)
+            listener.StartListeningForEvents(broadcaster, lldb.SBTarget.eBroadcastBitBreakpointChanged)
+
 
     def loop(self):
         event = lldb.SBEvent()
@@ -1116,6 +1122,11 @@ class Dumper(DumperBase):
             # logview pane feature.
             self.report('token(\"%s\")' % args["token"])
 
+
+    def reportBreakpointUpdate(self, bp):
+        self.report('breakpointmodified={%s}' % self.describeBreakpoint(bp))
+
+
     def readRawMemory(self, address, size):
         if size == 0:
             return bytes()
@@ -1288,7 +1299,20 @@ class Dumper(DumperBase):
         self.process.Kill()
         self.reportResult('', args)
 
+
+    def handleBreakpointEvent(self, event):
+        eventType = lldb.SBBreakpoint.GetBreakpointEventTypeFromEvent(event)
+        # handle only the resolved locations for now..
+        if eventType & lldb.eBreakpointEventTypeLocationsResolved:
+            bp = lldb.SBBreakpoint.GetBreakpointFromEvent(event)
+            if bp is not None:
+                self.reportBreakpointUpdate(bp)
+
+
     def handleEvent(self, event):
+        if lldb.SBBreakpoint.EventIsBreakpointEvent(event):
+            self.handleBreakpointEvent(event)
+            return
         out = lldb.SBStream()
         event.GetDescription(out)
         #warn("EVENT: %s" % event)
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.cpp
index 0dee8826a7f..f91240bb939 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.cpp
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ void LldbEngine::handleResponse(const QString &response)
             handleOutputNotification(item);
         else if (name == "pid")
             notifyInferiorPid(item.toProcessHandle());
+        else if (name == "breakpointmodified")
+            handleInterpreterBreakpointModified(item);
     }
 }
 
@@ -607,6 +609,31 @@ void LldbEngine::handleOutputNotification(const GdbMi &output)
     showMessage(data, ch);
 }
 
+void LldbEngine::handleInterpreterBreakpointModified(const GdbMi &bpItem)
+{
+    QTC_ASSERT(bpItem.childCount(), return);
+    QString id = bpItem.childAt(0).m_data;
+
+    Breakpoint bp = breakHandler()->findBreakpointByResponseId(id);
+    if (!bp)        // FIXME adapt whole bp handling and turn into soft assert
+        return;
+
+    // this function got triggered by a lldb internal breakpoint event
+    // avoid asserts regarding unexpected state transitions
+    switch (bp->state()) {
+    case BreakpointInsertionRequested:  // was a pending bp
+        bp->gotoState(BreakpointInsertionProceeding, BreakpointInsertionRequested);
+        break;
+    case BreakpointInserted:            // was an inserted, gets updated now
+        bp->gotoState(BreakpointUpdateRequested, BreakpointInserted);
+        notifyBreakpointChangeProceeding(bp);
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    updateBreakpointData(bp, bpItem, false);
+}
+
 void LldbEngine::loadSymbols(const QString &moduleName)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(moduleName)
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.h
index f06798dd392..6c5b3c2c21c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/lldb/lldbengine.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ private:
     void handleStateNotification(const GdbMi &item);
     void handleLocationNotification(const GdbMi &location);
     void handleOutputNotification(const GdbMi &output);
+    void handleInterpreterBreakpointModified(const GdbMi &item);
 
     void handleResponse(const QString &data);
     void updateAll() override;