diff --git a/src/phpDebug.ts b/src/phpDebug.ts
index 4db8d584..86fc0b90 100644
--- a/src/phpDebug.ts
+++ b/src/phpDebug.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ class PhpDebugSession extends vscode.DebugSession {
                         })
                         connection.on('error', disposeConnection)
                         connection.on('close', disposeConnection)
+                        connection.on('before-execute-command', () => {
+                            // It is about to start executing PHP code
+                            this.sendEvent(new vscode.ContinuedEvent(connection.id))
+                        })
                         await connection.waitForInitPacket()
 
                         // override features from launch.json
diff --git a/src/xdebugConnection.ts b/src/xdebugConnection.ts
index 246e0b8f..91dc4b86 100644
--- a/src/xdebugConnection.ts
+++ b/src/xdebugConnection.ts
@@ -640,6 +640,15 @@ export class Connection extends DbgpConnection {
         })
     }
 
+    /** Adds the given command to the queue, or executes immediately if no commands are currently being processed. */
+    private _enqueue(command: Command): void {
+        if (this._commandQueue.length === 0 && this._pendingCommands.size === 0) {
+            this._executeCommand(command)
+        } else {
+            this._commandQueue.push(command)
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Pushes a new execute command (one that results in executing PHP code) to the queue that will be executed after all the previous
      * commands have finished and we received a response.
@@ -679,6 +688,11 @@ export class Connection extends DbgpConnection {
         const data = iconv.encode(commandString, ENCODING)
         this._pendingCommands.set(transactionId, command)
         this._pendingExecuteCommand = command.isExecuteCommand
+        if (this._pendingExecuteCommand) {
+            // Since PHP execution commands block anything on the connection until it is
+            // done executing, emit that the connection is about to go into such a locked state
+            this.emit('before-execute-command')
+        }
         await this.write(data)
     }