diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/attach/JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/attach/JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider.java
index c2e1c41dcf27..c696ac294e22 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/attach/JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/attach/JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.EditorCustomElementRenderer;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.EditorImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -21,11 +22,16 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 public class JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider implements ConsoleFilterProvider {
   @Override
   public Filter @NotNull [] getDefaultFilters(@NotNull Project project) {
-    return new Filter[]{new JavaDebuggerAttachFilter()};
+    return new Filter[]{new JavaDebuggerAttachFilter(project)};
   }
 
   private static class JavaDebuggerAttachFilter implements Filter {
     static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile("Listening for transport (\\S+) at address: (\\S+)");
+    private final Project myProject;
+
+    private JavaDebuggerAttachFilter(Project project) {
+      myProject = project;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public @Nullable Result applyFilter(@NotNull String line, int entireLength) {
@@ -38,6 +44,10 @@ public class JavaDebuggerConsoleFilterProvider implements ConsoleFilterProvider
       String address = matcher.group(2);
       int start = entireLength - line.length();
 
+      if (Registry.is("debugger.auto.attach.from.console")) {
+        JavaAttachDebuggerProvider.attach(transport, address, null, myProject);
+      }
+
       // to trick the code unwrapping single results in com.intellij.execution.filters.CompositeFilter#createFinalResult
       return new Result(Arrays.asList(
         new AttachInlayResult(start + matcher.start(), start + matcher.end(), transport, address),
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 63fd2d4d4ade..1efb19e5bed8 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ debugger.async.jdi=true
 debugger.async.jdi.description=Use async jdi to speedup jdwp communication
 debugger.merge.pause.and.resume=false
 debugger.merge.pause.and.resume.description=Merge "Pause" and "Resume" buttons on toolbar
+debugger.auto.attach.from.console=false
+debugger.auto.attach.from.console.description=Auto attach to all processes available for debug from the console output
 
 execution.java.always.debug=false
 execution.java.always.debug.description=Always run java processes with the debug agent