diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
index 1fc51fba835..1a108dcbd04 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
@@ -293,6 +293,30 @@ public class VariableManager extends SessionObject implements ICDIVariableManage
 		return new VariableObject(target, buffer.toString(), null, 0, 0);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableArrayObject(ICDIVariableObject, String, int, int)
+	 */
+	public ICDIVariableObject getVariableArrayObject(ICDIVariableObject object, String type, int start, int end) throws CDIException {
+		if (object instanceof VariableObject) {
+			VariableObject obj = (VariableObject)object;
+			StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+			buffer.append("*(");
+			buffer.append('(');
+			if (type != null && type.length() > 0) {
+				buffer.append('(').append(type).append(')');
+			}
+			buffer.append(obj.getName());
+			buffer.append(')');
+			if (start != 0) {
+				buffer.append('+').append(start);
+			}
+			buffer.append(')');
+			buffer.append('@').append(end - start + 1);
+			return new VariableObject(obj, buffer.toString());
+		}
+		throw new CDIException("Unknown variable object");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableObjects(ICDIStackFrame)
 	 */