diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_compiler.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_compiler.cpp
index a45c79aca7e..add6235f328 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_compiler.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_compiler.cpp
@@ -1156,6 +1156,10 @@ Error GDCompiler::_parse_block(CodeGen& codegen,const GDParser::BlockNode *p_blo
 				codegen.opcodes.push_back(GDFunction::OPCODE_ASSERT);
 				codegen.opcodes.push_back(ret);
 			} break;
+			case GDParser::Node::TYPE_BREAKPOINT: {
+				// try subblocks
+				codegen.opcodes.push_back(GDFunction::OPCODE_BREAKPOINT);
+			} break;
 			case GDParser::Node::TYPE_LOCAL_VAR: {
 
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.cpp
index f924f1de316..912170d2b00 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.cpp
@@ -1862,6 +1862,17 @@ void GDParser::_parse_block(BlockNode *p_block,bool p_static) {
 					return;
 				}
 			} break;
+			case GDTokenizer::TK_PR_BREAKPOINT: {
+
+				tokenizer->advance();
+				BreakpointNode *bn = alloc_node<BreakpointNode>();
+				p_block->statements.push_back(bn);
+
+				if (!_end_statement()) {
+					_set_error("Expected end of statement after breakpoint.");
+					return;
+				}
+			} break;
 			default: {
 
 				Node *expression = _parse_and_reduce_expression(p_block,p_static,false,true);
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.h b/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.h
index 4aa5c8cfea0..143c5f20eb4 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_parser.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
 			TYPE_CONTROL_FLOW,
 			TYPE_LOCAL_VAR,
 			TYPE_ASSERT,
+			TYPE_BREAKPOINT,
 			TYPE_NEWLINE,
 		};
 
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ public:
 		AssertNode() { type=TYPE_ASSERT; }
 	};
 
+	struct BreakpointNode : public Node {
+		BreakpointNode() { type=TYPE_BREAKPOINT; }
+	};
+
 	struct NewLineNode : public Node {
 		NewLineNode() { type=TYPE_NEWLINE; }
 	};
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
index 70c78877668..1c19328fe80 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
@@ -1077,6 +1077,14 @@ Variant GDFunction::call(GDInstance *p_instance, const Variant **p_args, int p_a
 
 				ip+=2;
 			} continue;
+			case OPCODE_BREAKPOINT: {
+#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
+				if (ScriptDebugger::get_singleton()) {
+					GDScriptLanguage::get_singleton()->debug_break("Breakpoint Statement",true);
+				}
+#endif
+				ip+=1;
+			} continue;
 			case OPCODE_LINE: {
 				CHECK_SPACE(2);
 
@@ -2672,6 +2680,7 @@ void GDScriptLanguage::get_reserved_words(List<String> *p_words) const  {
 		"or",
 		"export",
 		"assert",
+		"breakpoint",
 		"yield",
 		"static",
 		"float",
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.h b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.h
index 952a28bdb5e..6fea204704d 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
 		OPCODE_ITERATE_BEGIN,
 		OPCODE_ITERATE,
 		OPCODE_ASSERT,
+		OPCODE_BREAKPOINT,
 		OPCODE_LINE,
 		OPCODE_END
 	};
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
index c732c00b826..39c7f3cfc47 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const char* GDTokenizer::token_names[TK_MAX]={
 "assert",
 "yield",
 "signal",
+"breakpoint",
 "'['",
 "']'",
 "'{'",
@@ -861,6 +862,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 								{TK_PR_ASSERT,"assert"},
 								{TK_PR_YIELD,"yield"},
 								{TK_PR_SIGNAL,"signal"},
+								{TK_PR_BREAKPOINT,"breakpoint"},
 								{TK_PR_CONST,"const"},
 								//controlflow
 								{TK_CF_IF,"if"},
@@ -1041,7 +1043,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::advance(int p_amount) {
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#define BYTECODE_VERSION 6
+#define BYTECODE_VERSION 7
 
 Error GDTokenizerBuffer::set_code_buffer(const Vector<uint8_t> & p_buffer) {
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.h b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.h
index 3c0107cea21..96dd7ed20ba 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public:
 		TK_PR_ASSERT,
 		TK_PR_YIELD,
 		TK_PR_SIGNAL,
+		TK_PR_BREAKPOINT,
 		TK_BRACKET_OPEN,
 		TK_BRACKET_CLOSE,
 		TK_CURLY_BRACKET_OPEN,