Index: lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.h
===================================================================
--- lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.h
+++ lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
     eServerPacketType_vAttachName,
     eServerPacketType_vCont,
     eServerPacketType_vCont_actions, // vCont?
+    eServerPacketType_vRun,
 
     eServerPacketType_stop_reason, // '?'
 
Index: lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.h
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.h
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.h
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@
       m_supports_qSymbol : 1, m_qSymbol_requests_done : 1,
       m_supports_qModuleInfo : 1, m_supports_jThreadsInfo : 1,
       m_supports_jModulesInfo : 1, m_supports_vFileSize : 1,
-      m_supports_vFileMode : 1, m_supports_vFileExists : 1;
+      m_supports_vFileMode : 1, m_supports_vFileExists : 1,
+      m_supports_vRun : 1;
 
   /// Current gdb remote protocol process identifier for all other operations
   lldb::pid_t m_curr_pid = LLDB_INVALID_PROCESS_ID;
Index: lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       m_qSymbol_requests_done(false), m_supports_qModuleInfo(true),
       m_supports_jThreadsInfo(true), m_supports_jModulesInfo(true),
       m_supports_vFileSize(true), m_supports_vFileMode(true),
-      m_supports_vFileExists(true),
+      m_supports_vFileExists(true), m_supports_vRun(true),
 
       m_host_arch(), m_process_arch(), m_os_build(), m_os_kernel(),
       m_hostname(), m_gdb_server_name(), m_default_packet_timeout(0),
@@ -805,6 +805,33 @@
     }
   }
   if (!argv.empty()) {
+    // try vRun first
+    if (m_supports_vRun) {
+      StreamString packet;
+      packet.PutCString("vRun");
+      for (const char *arg : argv) {
+        packet.PutChar(';');
+        packet.PutBytesAsRawHex8(arg, strlen(arg));
+      }
+
+      StringExtractorGDBRemote response;
+      if (SendPacketAndWaitForResponse(packet.GetString(), response) !=
+          PacketResult::Success)
+        return -1;
+
+      if (response.IsOKResponse())
+        return 0;
+      if (!response.IsUnsupportedResponse()) {
+        uint8_t error = response.GetError();
+        if (error)
+          return error;
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      m_supports_vRun = false;
+    }
+
+    // fallback to A
     StreamString packet;
     packet.PutChar('A');
     for (size_t i = 0, n = argv.size(); i < n; ++i) {
Index: lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.h
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.h
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
   PacketResult Handle_A(StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet);
 
+  PacketResult Handle_vRun(StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet);
+
   PacketResult Handle_qHostInfo(StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet);
 
   PacketResult Handle_qProcessInfoPID(StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet);
Index: lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon.cpp
@@ -1077,6 +1077,38 @@
   return SendErrorResponse(8);
 }
 
+GDBRemoteCommunication::PacketResult
+GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon::Handle_vRun(
+    StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet) {
+  Log *log(GetLogIfAnyCategoriesSet(LIBLLDB_LOG_PROCESS));
+
+  llvm::StringRef s = packet.GetStringRef();
+  if (!s.consume_front("vRun;"))
+    return SendErrorResponse(8);
+
+  llvm::SmallVector<llvm::StringRef, 16> argv;
+  s.split(argv, ';');
+
+  for (llvm::StringRef hex_arg : argv) {
+    StringExtractor arg_ext{hex_arg};
+    std::string arg;
+    arg_ext.GetHexByteString(arg);
+    m_process_launch_info.GetArguments().AppendArgument(arg);
+    LLDB_LOGF(log, "LLGSPacketHandler::%s added arg: \"%s\"", __FUNCTION__,
+              arg.c_str());
+  }
+
+  if (!argv.empty()) {
+    m_process_launch_info.GetExecutableFile().SetFile(
+        m_process_launch_info.GetArguments()[0].ref(), FileSpec::Style::native);
+    m_process_launch_error = LaunchProcess();
+    if (m_process_launch_error.Success())
+      return SendOKResponse();
+    LLDB_LOG(log, "failed to launch exe: {0}", m_process_launch_error);
+  }
+  return SendErrorResponse(8);
+}
+
 GDBRemoteCommunication::PacketResult
 GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon::Handle_qEcho(
     StringExtractorGDBRemote &packet) {
Index: lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
   RegisterMemberFunctionHandler(
       StringExtractorGDBRemote::eServerPacketType_vCont_actions,
       &GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS::Handle_vCont_actions);
+  RegisterMemberFunctionHandler(
+      StringExtractorGDBRemote::eServerPacketType_vRun,
+      &GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS::Handle_vRun);
   RegisterMemberFunctionHandler(
       StringExtractorGDBRemote::eServerPacketType_x,
       &GDBRemoteCommunicationServerLLGS::Handle_memory_read);
Index: lldb/source/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Utility/StringExtractorGDBRemote.cpp
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@
         return eServerPacketType_vCont;
       if (PACKET_MATCHES("vCont?"))
         return eServerPacketType_vCont_actions;
+      if (PACKET_STARTS_WITH("vRun;"))
+        return eServerPacketType_vRun;
     }
     break;
   case '_':