diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
index 1285ba905de..b6f8d479447 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ const wchar_t *valueType(ULONG type)
     case DEBUG_VALUE_INT32:
         return L"I32";
     case DEBUG_VALUE_INT64:
-        return  L"I64";
+        return L"I64";
     case DEBUG_VALUE_FLOAT32:
         return L"F32";
     case DEBUG_VALUE_FLOAT64:
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ Registers getRegisters(CIDebugRegisters *regs,
             reg.description = registerDescription(description);
             reg.subRegister = isSubRegister;
             reg.value = value;
+            reg.size = valueSize(description.Type);
+            reg.type = valueType(description.Type);
             rc.push_back(reg);
         }
     }
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ Registers getRegisters(CIDebugRegisters *regs,
         reg.name = buf;
         reg.description = valueType(type);
         reg.size = valueSize(type);
+        reg.type = valueType(type);
         reg.value = value;
         rc.push_back(reg);
     }
@@ -557,7 +560,8 @@ std::string gdbmiRegisters(CIDebugRegisters *regs,
         const Register &reg = registers.at(r);
         if (r)
             str << ',';
-        str << "{number=\"" << r << "\",name=\"" << gdbmiWStringFormat(reg.name) << '"';
+        str << "{number=\"" << r << "\",name=\"" << gdbmiWStringFormat(reg.name)
+            << "\",size=\"" << reg.size << "\",type=\"" << gdbmiWStringFormat(reg.type) << '"';
         if (!reg.description.empty())
             str << ",description=\"" << gdbmiWStringFormat(reg.description) << '"';
         if (reg.subRegister)
diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
index 4ca96eb9dfc..c4af590bfe9 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct Register
 
     std::wstring name;
     std::wstring description;
+    std::wstring type;
     int size;
     bool subRegister;
     bool pseudoRegister;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
index f39c506efab..a9bbaafd861 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
@@ -1669,6 +1669,14 @@ void CdbEngine::handleRegistersExt(const DebuggerResponse &response)
                 reg.name = item["name"].data();
                 reg.description = item["description"].data();
                 reg.reportedType = item["type"].data();
+                if (reg.reportedType.startsWith('I'))
+                    reg.kind = IntegerRegister;
+                else if (reg.reportedType.startsWith('F'))
+                    reg.kind = FloatRegister;
+                else if (reg.reportedType.startsWith('V'))
+                    reg.kind = VectorRegister;
+                else
+                    reg.kind = OtherRegister;
                 reg.value.fromByteArray(item["value"].data(), HexadecimalFormat);
                 reg.size = item["size"].data().toInt();
                 handler->updateRegister(reg);