diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/viewmodel/launch/LaunchVMProvider.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/viewmodel/launch/LaunchVMProvider.java
index 16a0d1d0f57..461cdba7ed0 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/viewmodel/launch/LaunchVMProvider.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/viewmodel/launch/LaunchVMProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 Wind River Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2014 Wind River Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *     Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation
- *     Ericsson			  - Modified for new functionality	
+ *     Ericsson			  - Modified for new functionality
+ *     Marc Khouzam (Ericsson) - Allow to override this class (Bug 455537)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.internal.ui.viewmodel.launch;
 
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ public class LaunchVMProvider extends AbstractLaunchVMProvider
     {
         super(adapter, presentationContext, session);
         
+        createNodes();
+    }
+
+	protected void createNodes() {
         IRootVMNode launchNode = new LaunchRootVMNode(this);
         setRootNode(launchNode);