diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/Team.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/Team.cpp
index ae6186e5fb..7e48b9cf96 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/Team.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/Team.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ Team::AddThread(const thread_info& threadInfo, Thread** _thread)
 }
 
 
+status_t
+Team::AddThread(thread_id threadID, Thread** _thread)
+{
+	thread_info threadInfo;
+	status_t error = get_thread_info(threadID, &threadInfo);
+	return error == B_OK ? AddThread(threadInfo, _thread) : error;
+}
+
+
 void
 Team::RemoveThread(Thread* thread)
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/Team.h b/src/apps/debugger/Team.h
index 48ec7e8a7f..5cc7afed41 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/Team.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/Team.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public:
 			void				AddThread(Thread* thread);
 			status_t			AddThread(const thread_info& threadInfo,
 									Thread** _thread = NULL);
+			status_t			AddThread(thread_id threadID,
+									Thread** _thread = NULL);
 			void				RemoveThread(Thread* thread);
 			bool				RemoveThread(thread_id threadID);
 			Thread*				ThreadByID(thread_id threadID) const;