diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyLineBreakpointType.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyLineBreakpointType.java
index 38a041d1edab..52b52557b736 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyLineBreakpointType.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyLineBreakpointType.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiWhiteSpace;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.xdebugger.XDebuggerUtil;
+import com.intellij.xdebugger.breakpoints.SuspendPolicy;
 import com.intellij.xdebugger.breakpoints.XLineBreakpointTypeBase;
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyTokenTypes;
 import com.jetbrains.python.PythonFileType;
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ public class PyLineBreakpointType extends XLineBreakpointTypeBase {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public SuspendPolicy getDefaultSuspendPolicy() {
+    return SuspendPolicy.THREAD;
+  }
+
   private static boolean isPythonScratch(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
     return ScratchUtil.isScratch(file) && LanguageUtil.getLanguageForPsi(project, file) == PythonLanguage.INSTANCE;
   }