diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
@@ -1346,28 +1346,19 @@
   // Run any initialize LLDB commands the user specified in the launch.json
   g_vsc.RunInitCommands();
 
-  // Grab the current working directory if there is one and set it in the
-  // launch info.
-  const auto cwd = GetString(arguments, "cwd");
-  if (!cwd.empty())
-    g_vsc.launch_info.SetWorkingDirectory(cwd.data());
-
-  // Grab the name of the program we need to debug and set it as the first
-  // argument that will be passed to the program we will debug.
+  // Grab the name of the program we need to debug and create a new target using
+  // the given program as an argument and replace previous dummy target with a
+  // new one. New target might have a different type then the previous one,
+  // based on the ABI or architecture of the file. Settings program path in
+  // LaunchInfo is useless, because launch info will recycle existing target,
+  // which might be incorrect for the selected file.
   llvm::StringRef program = GetString(arguments, "program");
   if (!program.empty()) {
-    lldb::SBFileSpec program_fspec(program.data(), true /*resolve_path*/);
-    g_vsc.launch_info.SetExecutableFile(program_fspec,
-                                        true /*add_as_first_arg*/);
-    const char *target_triple = nullptr;
-    const char *uuid_cstr = nullptr;
-    // Stand alone debug info file if different from executable
-    const char *symfile = nullptr;
-    lldb::SBModule module = g_vsc.target.AddModule(
-        program.data(), target_triple, uuid_cstr, symfile);
-    if (!module.IsValid()) {
-      response["success"] = llvm::json::Value(false);
+    // Create a target that matches the file.
+    g_vsc.target = g_vsc.debugger.CreateTarget(program.data());
 
+    if (!g_vsc.target.IsValid()) {
+      response["success"] = llvm::json::Value(false);
       EmplaceSafeString(
           response, "message",
           llvm::formatv("Could not load program '{0}'.", program).str());
@@ -1376,6 +1367,15 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // Instantiate a launch info instance for the target.
+  g_vsc.launch_info = g_vsc.target.GetLaunchInfo();
+
+  // Grab the current working directory if there is one and set it in the
+  // launch info.
+  const auto cwd = GetString(arguments, "cwd");
+  if (!cwd.empty())
+    g_vsc.launch_info.SetWorkingDirectory(cwd.data());
+
   // Extract any extra arguments and append them to our program arguments for
   // when we launch
   auto args = GetStrings(arguments, "args");