target_handle_event( target, event );
        switch (event)
        {
-               case TARGET_EVENT_HALTED:
+               case TARGET_EVENT_EARLY_HALTED:
                        gdb_frontend_halted(target, connection);
                        break;
                case TARGET_EVENT_GDB_FLASH_ERASE_START:
 
        { .value = TARGET_EVENT_OLD_pre_resume         , .name = "old-pre_resume" },
 
 
+       { .value = TARGET_EVENT_EARLY_HALTED, .name = "early-halted" },
        { .value = TARGET_EVENT_HALTED, .name = "halted" },
        { .value = TARGET_EVENT_RESUMED, .name = "resumed" },
        { .value = TARGET_EVENT_RESUME_START, .name = "resume-start" },
        target_event_callback_t *callback = target_event_callbacks;
        target_event_callback_t *next_callback;
 
+       if (event == TARGET_EVENT_HALTED)
+       {
+               /* execute early halted first */
+               target_call_event_callbacks(target, TARGET_EVENT_EARLY_HALTED);
+       }
+
+
        LOG_DEBUG("target event %i (%s)",
                          event,
                          Jim_Nvp_value2name_simple( nvp_target_event, event )->name );
 
        TARGET_EVENT_OLD_post_reset,
        TARGET_EVENT_OLD_pre_resume,
 
+       /* allow GDB to do stuff before others handle the halted event,
+       this is in lieu of defining ordering of invocation of events,
+       which would be more complicated */
+       TARGET_EVENT_EARLY_HALTED,
        TARGET_EVENT_HALTED,            /* target entered debug state from normal execution or reset */
        TARGET_EVENT_RESUMED,           /* target resumed to normal execution */
        TARGET_EVENT_RESUME_START,