diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 9079af8d..74067bc3 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -4549,6 +4549,9 @@ void UnitTest::AddTestPartResult(
       // when a failure happens and both the --gtest_break_on_failure and
       // the --gtest_catch_exceptions flags are specified.
       DebugBreak();
+#elif (defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__))
+      // with clang/gcc we can acchieve the same effect on x86 by invoking int3
+      asm("int3");
 #else
       // Dereference NULL through a volatile pointer to prevent the compiler
       // from removing. We use this rather than abort() or __builtin_trap() for