diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   WatchType watch_type;
   uint32_t watch_size;
   bool watch_type_specified;
+  lldb::LanguageType language_type;
 
 private:
   OptionGroupWatchpoint(const OptionGroupWatchpoint &) = delete;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectWatchpoint.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectWatchpoint.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectWatchpoint.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectWatchpoint.cpp
@@ -835,8 +835,7 @@
     m_arguments.push_back(arg);
 
     // Absorb the '-w' and '-s' options into our option group.
-    m_option_group.Append(&m_option_watchpoint, LLDB_OPT_SET_ALL,
-                          LLDB_OPT_SET_1);
+    m_option_group.Append(&m_option_watchpoint, LLDB_OPT_SET_1, LLDB_OPT_SET_1);
     m_option_group.Finalize();
   }
 
@@ -990,6 +989,7 @@
       : CommandObjectRaw(
             interpreter, "watchpoint set expression",
             "Set a watchpoint on an address by supplying an expression. "
+            "Use the '-l' option to specify the language of the expression. "
             "Use the '-w' option to specify the type of watchpoint and "
             "the '-s' option to specify the byte size to watch for. "
             "If no '-w' option is specified, it defaults to write. "
@@ -1083,6 +1083,8 @@
     options.SetKeepInMemory(false);
     options.SetTryAllThreads(true);
     options.SetTimeout(std::nullopt);
+    if (m_option_watchpoint.language_type != eLanguageTypeUnknown)
+      options.SetLanguage(m_option_watchpoint.language_type);
 
     ExpressionResults expr_result =
         target->EvaluateExpression(expr, frame, valobj_sp, options);
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionGroupWatchpoint.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "lldb/Host/OptionParser.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/OptionArgParser.h"
+#include "lldb/Target/Language.h"
 #include "lldb/lldb-enumerations.h"
 
 using namespace lldb;
@@ -62,7 +63,17 @@
      "Specify the type of watching to perform."},
     {LLDB_OPT_SET_1, false, "size", 's', OptionParser::eRequiredArgument,
      nullptr, OptionEnumValues(g_watch_size), 0, eArgTypeByteSize,
-     "Number of bytes to use to watch a region."}};
+     "Number of bytes to use to watch a region."},
+    {LLDB_OPT_SET_2,
+     false,
+     "language",
+     'l',
+     OptionParser::eRequiredArgument,
+     nullptr,
+     {},
+     0,
+     eArgTypeLanguage,
+     "Language of expression to run"}};
 
 bool OptionGroupWatchpoint::IsWatchSizeSupported(uint32_t watch_size) {
   for (const auto& size : g_watch_size) {
@@ -81,6 +92,18 @@
   Status error;
   const int short_option = g_option_table[option_idx].short_option;
   switch (short_option) {
+  case 'l': {
+    language_type = Language::GetLanguageTypeFromString(option_arg);
+    if (language_type == eLanguageTypeUnknown) {
+      StreamString sstr;
+      sstr.Printf("Unknown language type: '%s' for expression. List of "
+                  "supported languages:\n",
+                  option_arg.str().c_str());
+      Language::PrintSupportedLanguagesForExpressions(sstr, " ", "\n");
+      error.SetErrorString(sstr.GetString());
+    }
+    break;
+  }
   case 'w': {
     WatchType tmp_watch_type;
     tmp_watch_type = (WatchType)OptionArgParser::ToOptionEnum(
@@ -108,6 +131,7 @@
   watch_type_specified = false;
   watch_type = eWatchInvalid;
   watch_size = 0;
+  language_type = eLanguageTypeUnknown;
 }
 
 llvm::ArrayRef<OptionDefinition> OptionGroupWatchpoint::GetDefinitions() {
diff --git a/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/ExpressionLanguage.test b/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/ExpressionLanguage.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/ExpressionLanguage.test
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# RUN: %clangxx_host %p/Inputs/languages.cpp -g -o %t.out
+# RUN: %lldb -b -o 'settings set interpreter.stop-command-source-on-error false' -s %s %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+settings  show interpreter.stop-command-source-on-error
+# CHECK: interpreter.stop-command-source-on-error (boolean) = false
+
+b main
+run
+# CHECK: stopped
+# CHECK-NEXT: stop reason = breakpoint
+
+watchpoint set expression -- &g_foo
+# CHECK: Watchpoint created:
+
+watchpoint set expression -l c++ -- &g_bar
+# CHECK: Watchpoint created:
+
+watchpoint set expression -l fake -- &g_baz
+# CHECK: Unknown language type: 'fake' for expression. List of supported languages:
diff --git a/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/Inputs/languages.cpp b/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/Inputs/languages.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/Shell/Watchpoint/Inputs/languages.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+
+uint64_t g_foo = 5;
+uint64_t g_bar = 6;
+uint64_t g_baz = 7;
+
+int main() {
+  int val = 8;
+  printf("Hello world! %d\n", val);
+  return 0;
+}