diff --git a/src/platform-win32.cc b/src/platform-win32.cc
index 292c24a3da..f52bb43d9c 100644
--- a/src/platform-win32.cc
+++ b/src/platform-win32.cc
@@ -1010,6 +1010,9 @@ void OS::Abort() {
 
 void OS::DebugBreak() {
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
+  // To avoid Visual Studio runtime support the following code can be used
+  // instead
+  // __asm { int 3 }
   __debugbreak();
 #else
   ::DebugBreak();