diff --git a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver.go b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver.go
index 0151a631..8cea453c 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver.go
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ func LLDBLaunch(cmd []string, wd string, flags proc.LaunchFlags, debugInfoDirs [
 	} else {
 		tgt, err = p.Dial(port, cmd[0], 0, debugInfoDirs, proc.StopLaunched)
 	}
+	if p.conn.pid != 0 && foreground && isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdin.Fd()) {
+		// Make the target process the controlling process of the tty if it is a foreground process.
+		err = tcsetpgrp(os.Stdin.Fd(), p.conn.pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			logflags.DebuggerLogger().Errorf("could not set controlling process: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return tgt, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_unix.go b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_unix.go
index c5151bf4..d69bb38d 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_unix.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package gdbserial
 import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 func sysProcAttr(foreground bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
@@ -15,3 +17,7 @@ func sysProcAttr(foreground bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
 func foregroundSignalsIgnore() {
 	signal.Ignore(syscall.SIGTTOU, syscall.SIGTTIN)
 }
+
+func tcsetpgrp(fd uintptr, pid int) error {
+	return unix.IoctlSetPointerInt(int(fd), unix.TIOCSPGRP, pid)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_windows.go b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_windows.go
index c23d35e1..90d82517 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/gdbserial/gdbserver_windows.go
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ func sysProcAttr(foreground bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
 
 func foregroundSignalsIgnore() {
 }
+
+func tcsetpgrp(fd uintptr, pid int) error {
+	return nil
+}