diff --git a/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/gdb4hpc.py b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/gdb4hpc.py
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+++ b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/gdb4hpc.py
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+import os
+
+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+
+
+class Gdb4hpcCheck(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    def __init__(self, lang, extension):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.name = type(self).__name__ + '_' + lang.replace('+', 'p')
+        self.descr = 'Cray gdb4hpc check for %s' % lang
+        self.lang = lang
+        self.extension = extension
+        self.build_system = 'Make'
+        # NOTE: Restrict concurrency to allow creation of Fortran modules
+        if lang == 'F90':
+            self.build_system.max_concurrency = 1
+
+        self.executable = 'gdb4hpc'
+        self.executable_opts = ['-v']
+        self.target_executable = './jacobi'
+        self.gdbcmds = './%s.in' % self.executable
+        self.gdbslm = '%s.slm' % self.executable
+        self.gdbrpt = '%s.rpt' % self.executable
+        self.sourcesdir = os.path.join('src', lang)
+        self.valid_prog_environs = ['PrgEnv-gnu']
+        self.modules = ['gdb4hpc']
+        self.prgenv_flags = ['-g', '-O2', '-fopenmp']
+        self.build_system.cflags = self.prgenv_flags
+        self.build_system.cxxflags = self.prgenv_flags
+        self.build_system.fflags = self.prgenv_flags
+        self.num_tasks = 1
+        self.num_tasks_per_node = 1
+        self.num_cpus_per_task = 4
+        self.num_tasks_per_core = 1
+        self.num_iterations = 5
+        self.variables = {
+            'CRAYPE_LINK_TYPE': 'dynamic',
+            'OMP_NUM_THREADS': str(self.num_cpus_per_task),
+            'ITERATIONS': str(self.num_iterations),
+            'OMP_PROC_BIND': 'true',
+        }
+        self.maintainers = ['JG']
+        self.tags = {'production'}
+        # gdb4hpc has its own way to launch a debugging job and needs an
+        # additional jobscript. The reframe jobscript can be copied for that
+        # purpose, by adding the cray_debug_ comments around the job launch
+        # command to be debugged, gdb4hpc is then activated by removing the
+        # #GDB4HPC comments in the next (post_run) step.
+        self.pre_run = [
+            '#GDB4HPC #cray_debug_start',
+            '#GDB4HPC srun %s' % self.target_executable,
+            '#GDB4HPC #cray_debug_end'
+        ]
+
+    def setup(self, partition, environ, **job_opts):
+        super().setup(partition, environ, **job_opts)
+        # create extra jobscript for gdb4hpc:
+        self.post_run = [
+            'sed "s-#GDB4HPC --" %s | '
+            'egrep -v "output=|error=|^gdb4hpc" &> %s' %
+            (self.job.script_filename, self.gdbslm),
+            'gdb4hpc -b %s &> %s' % (self.gdbcmds, self.gdbrpt)
+        ]
+
+
+@rfm.required_version('>=2.14')
+@rfm.parameterized_test(['F90', 'F90'])
+class Gdb4hpcCpuCheck(Gdb4hpcCheck):
+    def __init__(self, lang, extension):
+        super().__init__(lang, extension)
+        self.valid_systems = ['dom:gpu', 'dom:mc']
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.all([
+            sn.assert_reference(sn.extractsingle(
+                r'^tst\{0\}:\s+(?P<result>\d+.\d+[eE]-\d+)',
+                'gdb4hpc.rpt', 'result', float),
+                2.572e-6, -1e-1, 1.0e-1),
+
+            sn.assert_found(r'gdb4hpc \d\.\d - Cray Line Mode Parallel Debug',
+                            'gdb4hpc.rpt'),
+
+            sn.assert_found(r'Shutting down debugger and killing application',
+                            'gdb4hpc.rpt')
+        ])
diff --git a/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.in b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..843c582094
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+++ b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# this line is mandatory (cray case #224617):
+maint set sync on
+# 1 MPI * x OpenMP:
+launch $tst{1} ./jacobi --sbatch=./gdb4hpc.slm
+break _jacobi.F90:90
+# ----1
+continue
+list 90,91
+print residual
+# ----2
+continue
+print residual
+# ----3
+continue
+print residual
+# ----4
+continue
+print residual
+# ----5
+continue
+print residual
+quit
+
+# can use printf with gdb4hpc only in gdbmode: 
+#   printf "(_jacobi.F90:90)] residual:%f\n", residual
+# CASE #227672 - GDB4HPC: PRINTF SUPPORT
+
+# TODO: tracepoints
diff --git a/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.slm b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.slm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d059d3c0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/src/F90/gdb4hpc.slm
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+#!/bin/bash -l
+#SBATCH --job-name="rfm_GDB4HPC_Check_F90_job"
+#SBATCH --time=0:1:0
+
+#SBATCH --ntasks=1
+#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
+#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=4
+#SBATCH --ntasks-per-core=1
+
+#SBATCH --output=o
+#SBATCH --error=o
+#SBATCH --constraint=gpu
+
+module load daint-gpu
+module unload PrgEnv-cray
+module load PrgEnv-gnu
+module load gdb4hpc
+module list -t 
+
+export OMP_NUM_THREADS=$SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK
+export ITERATIONS=5
+export OMP_PROC_BIND=true
+
+#cray_debug_start
+srun ./jacobi
+#cray_debug_end
+