diff --git a/libs/debugging/debugging.h b/libs/debugging/debugging.h
index 83308f2e..3781c53f 100644
--- a/libs/debugging/debugging.h
+++ b/libs/debugging/debugging.h
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 #include "generic/static.h"
 
 #if defined( _MSC_VER ) && ( defined( _M_IX86 ) || defined( _M_AMD64 ) )
+#ifdef _M_AMD64
+#define DEBUGGER_BREAKPOINT() __debugbreak()
+#else
 #define DEBUGGER_BREAKPOINT() __asm { int 3 }
+#endif
 #elif ( defined ( __i386__ ) || defined ( __x86_64__ ) ) && defined ( __GNUC__ ) && __GNUC__ >= 2
 #define DEBUGGER_BREAKPOINT() __asm__ __volatile__ ( "int $03" )
 #else