diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/command/GDBControl.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/command/GDBControl.java
index 6ce4162379d..6e6e6834d35 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/command/GDBControl.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/command/GDBControl.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.AbstractMIControl;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.CLIEventProcessor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.CommandFactory;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.IEventProcessor;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.MIAsyncErrorProcessor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.MIControlDMContext;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.MIRunControlEventProcessor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.output.MIConsoleStreamOutput;
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ public class GDBControl extends AbstractMIControl implements IGDBControl {
     private IEventProcessor fMIEventProcessor;
     private IEventProcessor fCLICommandProcessor;
     private IEventProcessor fControlEventProcessor;
+    private IEventProcessor fMIAsyncErrorProcessor;
     private Process fBackendProcess;
 
     private GdbCommandTimeoutManager fCommandTimeoutManager;
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ public class GDBControl extends AbstractMIControl implements IGDBControl {
         fCLICommandProcessor = createCLIEventProcessor(GDBControl.this, getContext());
         fMIEventProcessor = createMIRunControlEventProcessor(GDBControl.this, getContext());
         fControlEventProcessor = createControlEventProcessor();
+        fMIAsyncErrorProcessor = createMIAsyncErrorProcessor(GDBControl.this);
 
         requestMonitor.done();
 	}
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ public class GDBControl extends AbstractMIControl implements IGDBControl {
 		fControlEventProcessor.dispose();
     	fCLICommandProcessor.dispose();
         fMIEventProcessor.dispose();
+        fMIAsyncErrorProcessor.dispose();
         if (fBackendProcess instanceof AbstractCLIProcess) {
         	((AbstractCLIProcess)fBackendProcess).dispose();
         }
@@ -730,6 +734,13 @@ public class GDBControl extends AbstractMIControl implements IGDBControl {
 		return new ControlEventProcessor();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.3
+	 */
+	protected IEventProcessor createMIAsyncErrorProcessor(AbstractMIControl connection) {
+		return new MIAsyncErrorProcessor(connection);
+	}
+
 	/** @since 5.2 */
 	protected Process createBackendProcess() throws IOException {
 	   	if (fMIBackend.isFullGdbConsoleSupported()) {
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/MIAsyncErrorProcessor.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/MIAsyncErrorProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a263bbf22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/MIAsyncErrorProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Mentor Graphics 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
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Mentor Graphics - Initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.datamodel.IDMContext;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.IRunControl.IExecutionDMContext;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.command.ICommandControlService;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.command.ICommandResult;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.service.command.ICommandToken;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.commands.MICommand;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.events.MIErrorEvent;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.output.MIInfo;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.output.MIOutput;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command.output.MIResultRecord;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.service.DsfSession;
+
+/**
+ * In some cases GDB reports 'exec-*' commands failure after the '^running' event is fired. 
+ * For instance, if an invalid breakpoint is set no error is reported but the consequent 
+ * 'exec-continue' command fails.
+ * 
+ * 36-exec-continue --thread 1
+ * 36^running
+ * *running,thread-id="all"
+ * (gdb) 
+ * &"Warning:\n"
+ * &"Cannot insert breakpoint 2.\n"
+ * &"Cannot access memory at address 0x0\n"
+ * &"\n"
+ * 36^error,msg="Command aborted."
+ * (gdb)
+ * 
+ * This class handles these type of situations by firing MIErrorEvent when such an error appears.
+ * 
+ * @since 5.3
+ */
+public class MIAsyncErrorProcessor implements IEventProcessor {
+
+	final private ICommandControlService fCommandControl;
+
+	private Map<IExecutionDMContext, Integer> fRunCommands = new HashMap<>();
+
+	public MIAsyncErrorProcessor(ICommandControlService commandControl) {
+		super();
+		fCommandControl = commandControl;
+		fCommandControl.addCommandListener(this);
+		fCommandControl.addEventListener(this);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void eventReceived(Object output) {
+		MIResultRecord rr = ((MIOutput)output).getMIResultRecord();
+		// Handling the asynchronous error case, i.e. when the "<token>^running" event 
+		// appears before "<token>^error, msg=<error_message>" for run control commands.
+		if (rr != null && MIResultRecord.ERROR.equals(rr.getResultClass())) {
+			handleAsyncError((MIOutput)output);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void commandQueued(ICommandToken token) {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void commandSent(ICommandToken token) {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void commandRemoved(ICommandToken token) {
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Override
+	public void commandDone(ICommandToken token, ICommandResult result) {
+		if (token.getCommand() instanceof MICommand<?> && result instanceof MIInfo && ((MIInfo)result).isRunning()) {
+			IDMContext ctx = ((MICommand<MIInfo>)token.getCommand()).getContext();
+			if (ctx instanceof IExecutionDMContext) {
+				MIResultRecord rr = ((MIInfo)result).getMIOutput().getMIResultRecord();
+				if (rr != null) {
+					fRunCommands.put((IExecutionDMContext)ctx, Integer.valueOf(rr.getToken()));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void dispose() {
+		fCommandControl.removeCommandListener(this);
+		fCommandControl.removeEventListener(this);
+		fRunCommands.clear();
+	}
+
+	protected ICommandControlService getCommandControl() {
+		return fCommandControl;
+	}
+	
+	protected void handleAsyncError(MIOutput output) {
+		int token = output.getMIResultRecord().getToken();
+		for (Entry<IExecutionDMContext, Integer> entry : fRunCommands.entrySet()) {
+			if (entry.getValue().intValue() == token && DsfSession.isSessionActive(entry.getKey().getSessionId())) {
+				fireStoppedEvent(output, entry.getKey());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected void fireStoppedEvent(final MIOutput output, final IExecutionDMContext ctx) {
+		DsfSession session = DsfSession.getSession(ctx.getSessionId());
+		int token = output.getMIResultRecord().getToken();
+		session.dispatchEvent(MIErrorEvent.parse(ctx, token, output.getMIResultRecord().getMIResults(), output.getMIOOBRecords()), null);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/events/MIErrorEvent.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/events/MIErrorEvent.java
index 3244bf86831..dc26e92371e 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/events/MIErrorEvent.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/events/MIErrorEvent.java
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ public class MIErrorEvent extends MIStoppedEvent {
         return log;
     }
 
+    /**
+	 * @since 5.3
+	 */
     public static MIErrorEvent parse(
-        IContainerDMContext containerDmc, int token, MIResult[] results, MIOOBRecord[] oobs) 
-    { 
+        IExecutionDMContext execDmc, int token, MIResult[] results, MIOOBRecord[] oobs) {
         String msg = "", log = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-            
+        
         if (results != null) {
             for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
                 String var = results[i].getVariable();
@@ -81,7 +83,12 @@ public class MIErrorEvent extends MIStoppedEvent {
             }
             log = sb.toString();
         }
-        return new MIErrorEvent(containerDmc, token, results, oobs, msg, log);
+        return new MIErrorEvent(execDmc, token, results, oobs, msg, log);
+    }
+
+    public static MIErrorEvent parse(
+        IContainerDMContext containerDmc, int token, MIResult[] results, MIOOBRecord[] oobs) { 
+    	return MIErrorEvent.parse((IExecutionDMContext)containerDmc, token, results, oobs);
     }
     
     @Override