diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 48807671..6fc4044d 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3312,7 +3312,14 @@ void UnitTest::AddTestPartResult(TestPartResultType result_type,
     // with another testing framework) and specify the former on the
     // command line for debugging.
     if (GTEST_FLAG(break_on_failure)) {
+#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
+      // Using DebugBreak on Windows allows gtest to still break into a debugger
+      // when a failure happens and both the --gtest_break_on_failure and
+      // the --gtest_catch_exceptions flags are specified.
+      DebugBreak();
+#else
       *static_cast<int*>(NULL) = 1;
+#endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
     } else if (GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure)) {
 #if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
       throw GoogleTestFailureException(result);
diff --git a/test/gtest_break_on_failure_unittest.py b/test/gtest_break_on_failure_unittest.py
index c9dd0081..c312ce22 100755
--- a/test/gtest_break_on_failure_unittest.py
+++ b/test/gtest_break_on_failure_unittest.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ BREAK_ON_FAILURE_FLAG = 'gtest_break_on_failure'
 # The environment variable for enabling/disabling the throw-on-failure mode.
 THROW_ON_FAILURE_ENV_VAR = 'GTEST_THROW_ON_FAILURE'
 
+# The environment variable for enabling/disabling the catch-exceptions mode.
+CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_ENV_VAR = 'GTEST_CATCH_EXCEPTIONS'
+
 # Path to the gtest_break_on_failure_unittest_ program.
 EXE_PATH = gtest_test_utils.GetTestExecutablePath(
     'gtest_break_on_failure_unittest_')
@@ -194,5 +197,18 @@ class GTestBreakOnFailureUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
     finally:
       SetEnvVar(THROW_ON_FAILURE_ENV_VAR, None)
 
+  if IS_WINDOWS:
+    def testCatchExceptionsDoesNotInterfere(self):
+      """Tests that gtest_catch_exceptions doesn't interfere."""
+
+      SetEnvVar(CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_ENV_VAR, '1')
+      try:
+        self.RunAndVerify(env_var_value='1',
+                          flag_value='1',
+                          expect_seg_fault=1)
+      finally:
+        SetEnvVar(CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_ENV_VAR, None)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   gtest_test_utils.Main()