diff --git a/test/common/EnvVars.cpp b/test/common/EnvVars.cpp
index 268ae5b62e..50d4661055 100644
--- a/test/common/EnvVars.cpp
+++ b/test/common/EnvVars.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
       close(pipefd[0]);
       close(pipefd[1]);
       exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-    } 
+    }
     else {
       int status;
       if (read(pipefd[0], gpuPriorityOrder->data(), gpuPriorityOrder->size() * sizeof(int)) != gpuPriorityOrder->size() * sizeof(int)) return TEST_FAIL;
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     isGfx90 = false;
     getArchInfo(&isGfx90, "gfx90");
 
+    debugPause     = GetEnvVar("UT_DEBUG_PAUSE" , 0);
     showNames      = GetEnvVar("UT_SHOW_NAMES"  , 1);
     minGpus        = GetEnvVar("UT_MIN_GPUS"    , 1);
     maxGpus        = GetEnvVar("UT_MAX_GPUS"    , numDetectedGpus);
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
   {
     std::vector<std::tuple<std::string, int, std::string>> supported =
       {
+        std::make_tuple("UT_DEBUG_PAUSE"      , debugPause    , "Pause for debugger attach"),
         std::make_tuple("UT_SHOW_NAMES"       , showNames     , "Show test case names"),
         std::make_tuple("UT_MIN_GPUS"         , minGpus       , "Minimum number of GPUs to use"),
         std::make_tuple("UT_MAX_GPUS"         , maxGpus       , "Maximum number of GPUs to use"),
diff --git a/test/common/EnvVars.hpp b/test/common/EnvVars.hpp
index c557b0050e..914c4c1566 100644
--- a/test/common/EnvVars.hpp
+++ b/test/common/EnvVars.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
   class EnvVars
   {
   public:
+    bool debugPause;     // Pause for debugger attach              [UT_DEBUG_PAUSE]
     bool showNames;      // List test case names during run        [UT_SHOW_NAMES]
     int  minGpus;        // Set the minimum number of GPUs to use  [UT_MIN_GPUS]
     int  maxGpus;        // Set the maximum number of GPUs to use  [UT_MAX_GPUS]
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     bool useInteractive; // Run in interactive mode                [UT_INTERACTIVE]
     int  timeoutUs;      // Set timeout for child in microseconds  [UT_TIMEOUT_US]
     bool useMultithreading; // Multi-thread single-process ranks   [UT_MULTITHREAD]
+
     bool isGfx94;        // Detects if architecture is gfx94
     bool isGfx12;        // Detects if architecture is gfx12
     bool isGfx90;        // Detects if architecture is gfx90
diff --git a/test/common/TestBed.cpp b/test/common/TestBed.cpp
index f33342ff82..5ea0efce11 100644
--- a/test/common/TestBed.cpp
+++ b/test/common/TestBed.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
       }
     }
 
+    // If debugging is enabled, pause here to allow users to attach debugger
+    if (ev.debugPause) {
+      INFO("============================================================\n");
+      INFO(" Pausing for debug attach: (e.g. sudo rocgdb -p <PID>)\n");
+      INFO("============================================================\n");
+      for (int childId = 0; childId < this->numActiveChildren; ++childId) {
+        INFO(" Child %02d: processID: %d\n", childId, childList[childId]->pid);
+      }
+      INFO("============================================================\n");
+      INFO("<Press enter to continue>\n");
+      scanf("%*c");
+    }
+
     // Determine number of unique GPUs being used.
     std::set<int> unique_devices;
     for (auto a:  this->rankToDeviceMap)
@@ -252,7 +265,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     std::vector<int> rankList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numActiveRanks; ++i)
       if (rank == -1 || rank == i) rankList.push_back(i);
-    
+
     // Build list of groups this applies to (-1 for groupId means to set for all)
     std::vector<int> groupList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numGroupCalls; ++i)
@@ -287,7 +300,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     std::vector<int> rankList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numActiveRanks; ++i)
       if (rank == -1 || rank == i) rankList.push_back(i);
-    
+
     // Build list of groups this applies to (-1 for groupId means to set for all)
     std::vector<int> groupList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numGroupCalls; ++i)
@@ -311,7 +324,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     InteractiveWait("Finishing PrepareData");
   }
 
-  void TestBed::ExecuteCollectives(std::vector<int> const &currentRanks, int const groupId, 
+  void TestBed::ExecuteCollectives(std::vector<int> const &currentRanks, int const groupId,
                                    bool const useHipGraph)
   {
     InteractiveWait("Starting ExecuteCollectives");
@@ -367,7 +380,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     std::vector<int> rankList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numActiveRanks; ++i)
       if (rank == -1 || rank == i) rankList.push_back(i);
-    
+
     // Build list of groups this applies to (-1 for groupId means to set for all)
     std::vector<int> groupList;
     for (int i = 0; i < this->numGroupCalls; ++i)
@@ -408,7 +421,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
       if (groupId == -1 || groupId == i) groupList.push_back(i);
 
     int const cmd = TestBedChild::CHILD_LAUNCH_GRAPHS;
-    for (auto currGroup : groupList) 
+    for (auto currGroup : groupList)
     {
       for (int childId = 0; childId < this->numActiveChildren; ++childId)
       {
@@ -550,7 +563,7 @@ namespace RcclUnitTesting
     return ev.GetAllSupportedDataTypes();
   }
 
-  std::vector<int> const TestBed::GetNumCollsPerGroup(int numCollectivesInGroup, 
+  std::vector<int> const TestBed::GetNumCollsPerGroup(int numCollectivesInGroup,
                                                        int numGroupCalls)
   {
     return std::vector<int>(numGroupCalls, numCollectivesInGroup);