diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/runtime.properties b/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/runtime.properties
index 49a075482..15b5c3276 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/runtime.properties
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/conf/runtime.properties
@@ -41,4 +41,12 @@
 
     catalina.home.dir=${app.server.home.dir}
     catalina.base.dir=${app.server.home.dir}
+ 
+##
+## Debugger Usage
+##
+
+    app.server.debug.port=8000
+    app.server.debug.suspend=n
+    app.server.debug.on=false
 
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/local.runtime.properties b/tools-ng/ecdc/local.runtime.properties
index 540a07537..78639f241 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/local.runtime.properties
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/local.runtime.properties
@@ -12,3 +12,26 @@
     app.server.version=6.0.18
     #app.server.vendor=apache
  
+##
+## Debugger Usage
+##
+
+    ## Default values for debugger, modify as needed:
+    #
+    ## Port to attach a remote debug client (e.g. Netbeans)
+    #app.server.debug.port=8000
+    ## Dont wait untill a debugger has attached
+    #app.server.debug.suspend=n
+    ## Dont activate debugging
+    #app.server.debug.on=false
+
+    ## To activate debugger uncomment the following line
+    #app.server.debug.on=true
+
+##
+## Server Directory
+##
+
+    #app.server.parent.dir=${ccm.project.dir}/runtime
+    #app.server.deploy.dir=${app.server.parent.dir}/${app.server.bundles.name}
+ 
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
index 9e39b3dac..b9f3166bc 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@
     </target>
 
 	<target name="start">
+        <if>
+            <equals arg1="${app.server.debug.on}" arg2="true" />
+            <then>
+   		     <property name="app.server.debugger"
+                       value="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=${app.server.debug.port},suspend=${app.server.debug.suspend}" />
+            </then>
+            <!--
+            -->
+            <else>
+   		     <property name="app.server.debugger"
+                       value="  " />
+            </else>
+        </if>
+
 		<java classname="org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap" fork="yes">
 
 			<!--  nolonger needed ? (if anything works as expected)   
@@ -77,6 +91,7 @@
 			<jvmarg value="-Xmx512m" />
 			<jvmarg value="-XX:PermSize=128m" />
 			<jvmarg value="-XX:MaxPermSize=128m" />
+			<jvmarg value="${app.server.debugger}" />
 			<classpath>
 				<pathelement path="${app.server.home.dir}/bin/bootstrap.jar" />
 			</classpath>