diff --git a/_fixtures/issue2023.go b/_fixtures/issue2023.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8ab8448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_fixtures/issue2023.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func A() {
+	fmt.Printf("hello delve\n")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	count := 0
+	for {
+		A()
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(100))
+		if count >= 30 {
+			break
+		}
+		count++
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dlv/cmds/commands.go b/cmd/dlv/cmds/commands.go
index 081c4f6e..2e6f1236 100644
--- a/cmd/dlv/cmds/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/dlv/cmds/commands.go
@@ -466,20 +466,19 @@ func traceCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		var processArgs []string
 
 		dlvArgs, targetArgs := splitArgs(cmd, args)
+		var dlvArgsLen = len(dlvArgs)
+		if dlvArgsLen == 1 {
+			regexp = args[0]
+			dlvArgs = dlvArgs[0:0]
+		} else if dlvArgsLen >= 2 {
+			regexp = dlvArgs[dlvArgsLen-1]
+			dlvArgs = dlvArgs[:dlvArgsLen-1]
+		}
 
 		if traceAttachPid == 0 {
-			var dlvArgsLen = len(dlvArgs)
-
-			if dlvArgsLen == 1 {
-				regexp = args[0]
-				dlvArgs = dlvArgs[0:0]
-			} else if dlvArgsLen >= 2 {
-				if traceExecFile != "" {
-					fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Cannot specify package when using exec.")
-					return 1
-				}
-				regexp = dlvArgs[dlvArgsLen-1]
-				dlvArgs = dlvArgs[:dlvArgsLen-1]
+			if dlvArgsLen >= 2 && traceExecFile != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Cannot specify package when using exec.")
+				return 1
 			}
 
 			debugname := traceExecFile
diff --git a/cmd/dlv/dlv_test.go b/cmd/dlv/dlv_test.go
index ef49b582..f4725801 100644
--- a/cmd/dlv/dlv_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dlv/dlv_test.go
@@ -628,6 +628,52 @@ func TestTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Wait()
 }
 
+func TestTracePid(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		bs, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope")
+		if bs == nil || strings.TrimSpace(string(bs)) != "0" {
+			t.Logf("can not run TestAttachDetach: %v\n", bs)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	dlvbin, tmpdir := getDlvBin(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+
+	expected := []byte("goroutine(1): main.A() => ()\n")
+
+	// make process run
+	fix := protest.BuildFixture("issue2023", 0)
+	targetCmd := exec.Command(fix.Path)
+	if err := targetCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if targetCmd.Process == nil || targetCmd.Process.Pid == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected target process runninng")
+	}
+	defer targetCmd.Process.Kill()
+
+	// dlv attach the process by pid
+	cmd := exec.Command(dlvbin, "trace", "-p", strconv.Itoa(targetCmd.Process.Pid), "main.A")
+	rdr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error running trace: %#v", err)
+	}
+	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rdr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(output, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected:\n%s\ngot:\n%s", string(expected), string(output))
+	}
+
+	cmd.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestTraceBreakpointExists(t *testing.T) {
 	dlvbin, tmpdir := getDlvBin(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)