diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47db805e..fb4d8955 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Versioning].
 - solve the problem of failed parsing of containers ([@henryriley0])
 - Fixes #421 - Added `registerLimit` option to specify the registers to
   display - PR #444 ([@chenzhiy2001])
+- add integrated terminal support ([@henryriley0])
 
 ## [0.27.0] - 2024-02-07
 
diff --git a/src/backend/linux/console.ts b/src/backend/linux/console.ts
index 464d6974..ceb1db71 100644
--- a/src/backend/linux/console.ts
+++ b/src/backend/linux/console.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 export function spawnTerminalEmulator(preferedEmulator: string): Thenable<string> {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		const ttyFileOutput = "/tmp/vscode-gdb-tty-0" + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000000).toString(36);
-		ChildProcess.spawn(preferedEmulator || "x-terminal-emulator", ["-e", "sh -c \"tty > " + ttyFileOutput + " && sleep 4294967294\""]);
+		ChildProcess.spawn("x-terminal-emulator", ["-e", "sh -c \"tty > " + ttyFileOutput + " && sleep 4294967294\""]);
 		let it = 0;
 		const interval = setInterval(() => {
 			if (fs.existsSync(ttyFileOutput)) {
diff --git a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
index 5b91e593..ceaf1f13 100644
--- a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
+++ b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as linuxTerm from '../linux/console';
 import * as net from "net";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
+import { DebugProtocol } from 'vscode-debugprotocol';
 import { Client, ClientChannel, ExecOptions } from "ssh2";
 
 export function escape(str: string) {
@@ -116,19 +117,20 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IBackend {
 					resolve(undefined);
 				}, reject);
 			} else {
-				if (separateConsole !== undefined) {
+				if (separateConsole == "external") {
 					linuxTerm.spawnTerminalEmulator(separateConsole).then(tty => {
 						promises.push(this.sendCommand("inferior-tty-set " + tty));
 						promises.push(...autorun.map(value => { return this.sendUserInput(value); }));
 						Promise.all(promises).then(() => {
-							this.emit("debug-ready");
+							if(this.application.includes('gdb')){
+								this.emit("debug-ready");
+							}
 							resolve(undefined);
 						}, reject);
 					});
 				} else {
 					promises.push(...autorun.map(value => { return this.sendUserInput(value); }));
 					Promise.all(promises).then(() => {
-						this.emit("debug-ready");
 						resolve(undefined);
 					}, reject);
 				}
diff --git a/src/gdb.ts b/src/gdb.ts
index c1e178c0..89120031 100644
--- a/src/gdb.ts
+++ b/src/gdb.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface AttachRequestArguments extends DebugProtocol.AttachRequestArgum
 }
 
 class GDBDebugSession extends MI2DebugSession {
+	protected supportsRunInTerminalRequest = false;
 	protected override initializeRequest(response: DebugProtocol.InitializeResponse, args: DebugProtocol.InitializeRequestArguments): void {
 		response.body.supportsGotoTargetsRequest = true;
 		response.body.supportsHitConditionalBreakpoints = true;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class GDBDebugSession extends MI2DebugSession {
 		response.body.supportsSetVariable = true;
 		response.body.supportsStepBack = true;
 		response.body.supportsLogPoints = true;
+		args.supportsRunInTerminalRequest = true;
 		this.sendResponse(response);
 	}
 
@@ -98,6 +100,20 @@ class GDBDebugSession extends MI2DebugSession {
 			});
 		} else {
 			this.miDebugger.load(args.cwd, args.target, args.arguments, args.terminal, args.autorun || []).then(() => {
+				if(this.miDebugger.application.includes('gdb')){
+					if(args.terminal === 'integrated' || args.terminal === '' || args.terminal === undefined){
+						const terminalRequestArgs:DebugProtocol.RunInTerminalRequestArguments = {
+							kind: "integrated",
+							title: this.miDebugger.application,
+							cwd: args.cwd || '',
+							args: [],
+						};
+						if(process.platform != "win32"){
+							this.createIntegratedTerminalLinux(terminalRequestArgs);
+							this.emit("debug-ready");
+						}
+					}
+				}
 				this.sendResponse(response);
 			}, err => {
 				this.sendErrorResponse(response, 103, `Failed to load MI Debugger: ${err.toString()}`);
diff --git a/src/mibase.ts b/src/mibase.ts
index ba3fbeb5..d891a022 100644
--- a/src/mibase.ts
+++ b/src/mibase.ts
@@ -776,7 +776,80 @@ export class MI2DebugSession extends DebugSession {
 			this.sourceFileMap = new SourceFileMap(configMap, fallbackGDB);
 		}
 	}
+	public async createIntegratedTerminalLinux(args:DebugProtocol.RunInTerminalRequestArguments) {
+		const mkdirAsync = fs.promises.mkdir;
+		const mkdtempAsync = async (tempDir: string, prefix: string): Promise<string> => {
+			const name = `${prefix}-${Date.now()}-${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e9)}`;
+			const newDirPath = `${tempDir}/${name}`;
 
+			try {
+				await mkdirAsync(newDirPath, { recursive: true });
+				return newDirPath;
+			} catch (err) {
+				throw new Error(`Error creating temp directory: ${err.message}`);
+			}
+		};
+		const ttyTmpDir = await mkdtempAsync(os.tmpdir(), 'debug');
+
+		(async () => {
+			try {
+				fs.writeFileSync(
+					`${ttyTmpDir}/get-tty`,
+					`#!/usr/bin/env sh
+					# reset terminal to clear any previous states
+					reset
+					echo "The input and output of program will be here."
+					echo "Warning of set controlling terminal fail can be ignored."
+					tty > ${ttyTmpDir}/ttynameTmp
+					mv ${ttyTmpDir}/ttynameTmp ${ttyTmpDir}/ttyname
+					# wait for debug to finish
+					# prefer using tail to detect PID exit, but that requires GNU tail
+					tail -f --pid=${process.pid} /dev/null 2>/dev/null || while kill -s 0 ${process.pid} 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1s; done
+					# cleanup
+					rm ${ttyTmpDir}/ttyname
+					rm ${ttyTmpDir}/get-tty
+					rmdir ${ttyTmpDir}
+					`
+				);
+
+				let watcher: fs.FSWatcher | undefined;
+				const ttyNamePromise = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+					watcher = fs.watch(ttyTmpDir, (_eventType, filename) => {
+						if (filename === 'ttyname') {
+							watcher?.close();
+							resolve(
+								fs.readFileSync(`${ttyTmpDir}/ttyname`).toString().trim()
+							);
+						}
+					});
+				});
+
+				args.args = ['/bin/sh', `${ttyTmpDir}/get-tty`];
+				const response = await new Promise<DebugProtocol.Response>(
+					(resolve) =>
+						this.sendRequest(
+							'runInTerminal',
+							args,
+							10000,
+							resolve
+						)
+				);
+				if (response.success) {
+					const tty = await ttyNamePromise;
+					await this.miDebugger.sendCommand(`inferior-tty-set ${tty}`).then(done => {
+						this.miDebugger.emit("debug-ready");
+					});
+					return;
+				} else {
+					watcher?.close();
+					const message = `could not start the terminal on the client: ${response.message}`;
+					throw new Error(message);
+				}
+			} catch (err) {
+				throw new Error(`Error createIntegratedTerminalLinux: ${err.message}`);
+			}
+		})();
+	}
 }
 
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