Index: lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/exec-continue.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/exec-continue.test
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# RUN: %cc %p/inputs/main.c -g
+# RUN: %lldbmi < %s | FileCheck %s
+
+# Test that lldb-mi can continue executing a program after stop.
+
+-file-exec-and-symbols a.out
+# CHECK: ^done
+
+-break-insert main
+# CHECK: ^done,bkpt={number="1"
+
+-exec-run
+# CHECK: ^running
+# CHECK: *stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit"
+
+-exec-continue
+# CHECK: ^running
Index: lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/inputs/main.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/inputs/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int main(void) {
+  int x = 0;
+  return x;
+}
Index: lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/lit.local.cfg
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lit/tools/lldb-mi/exec/lit.local.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config.suffixes = ['.test']
Index: tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdExec.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdExec.cpp
+++ tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdExec.cpp
@@ -219,15 +219,10 @@
 // Throws:  None.
 //--
 bool CMICmdCmdExecContinue::Execute() {
-  const char *pCmd = "continue";
-  CMICmnLLDBDebugSessionInfo &rSessionInfo(
-      CMICmnLLDBDebugSessionInfo::Instance());
-  const lldb::ReturnStatus rtn =
-      rSessionInfo.GetDebugger().GetCommandInterpreter().HandleCommand(
-          pCmd, m_lldbResult);
-  MIunused(rtn);
+  lldb::SBError sb_error = 
+      CMICmnLLDBDebugSessionInfo::Instance().GetProcess().Continue();
 
-  if (m_lldbResult.GetErrorSize() == 0) {
+  if (sb_error.Success()) {
     // CODETAG_DEBUG_SESSION_RUNNING_PROG_RECEIVED_SIGINT_PAUSE_PROGRAM
     if (!CMIDriver::Instance().SetDriverStateRunningDebugging()) {
       const CMIUtilString &rErrMsg(CMIDriver::Instance().GetErrorDescription());
@@ -236,16 +231,8 @@
                                      rErrMsg.c_str()));
       return MIstatus::failure;
     }
-  } else {
-    // ToDo: Re-evaluate if this is required when application near finished as
-    // this is parsing LLDB error message
-    // which seems a hack and is code brittle
-    const char *pLldbErr = m_lldbResult.GetError();
-    const CMIUtilString strLldbMsg(CMIUtilString(pLldbErr).StripCREndOfLine());
-    if (strLldbMsg == "error: Process must be launched.") {
-      CMIDriver::Instance().SetExitApplicationFlag(true);
-    }
-  }
+  } else
+    m_lldbResult.SetError(sb_error.GetCString());
 
   return MIstatus::success;
 }