diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@
   ///   The stop event corresponding to stop ID.
   lldb::SBEvent GetStopEventForStopID(uint32_t stop_id);
 
+  /// If the process is a scripted process, changes its state to the new state.
+  /// No-op otherwise.
+  ///
+  /// \param [in] new_state
+  ///   The new state that the scripted process should be set to.
+  ///
+  void ForceScriptedState(StateType new_state);
+
   size_t ReadMemory(addr_t addr, void *buf, size_t size, lldb::SBError &error);
 
   size_t WriteMemory(addr_t addr, const void *buf, size_t size,
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Process.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Process.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Process.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Process.h
@@ -2565,6 +2565,8 @@
 
   virtual void *GetImplementation() { return nullptr; }
 
+  virtual void ForceScriptedState(lldb::StateType state) {}
+
 protected:
   friend class Trace;
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
@@ -466,6 +466,16 @@
   return sb_event;
 }
 
+void SBProcess::ForceScriptedState(StateType new_state) {
+  LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, new_state);
+
+  if (ProcessSP process_sp = GetSP()) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(
+        process_sp->GetTarget().GetAPIMutex());
+    process_sp->ForceScriptedState(new_state);
+  }
+}
+
 StateType SBProcess::GetState() {
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this);
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/scripted/ScriptedProcess.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/scripted/ScriptedProcess.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/scripted/ScriptedProcess.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/scripted/ScriptedProcess.h
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 
   void *GetImplementation() override;
 
+  void ForceScriptedState(lldb::StateType state) override {
+    SetPrivateState(state);
+  }
+
 protected:
   ScriptedProcess(lldb::TargetSP target_sp, lldb::ListenerSP listener_sp,
                   const ScriptedMetadata &scripted_metadata, Status &error);