diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49747b7..6dea7a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Versioning].
 - solve the problem of failed parsing of containers ([@henryriley0])
 - Fixes #421 - Added `registerLimit` option to specify the registers to
   display - PR #444 ([@chenzhiy2001])
+- resolve the issue of not being able to set the GDB binary with a path on
+  Windows - PR #448 ([@henryriley0])
 
 ## [0.27.0] - 2024-02-07
 
diff --git a/src/mibase.ts b/src/mibase.ts
index ef2b83e..eb22088 100644
--- a/src/mibase.ts
+++ b/src/mibase.ts
@@ -96,9 +96,15 @@ export class MI2DebugSession extends DebugSession {
 	// verifies that the specified command can be executed
 	protected checkCommand(debuggerName: string): boolean {
 		try {
-			const command = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'where' : 'command -v';
-			execSync(`${command} ${debuggerName}`, { stdio: 'ignore' });
-			return true;
+			if (process.platform === 'win32' && debuggerName.includes("\\")) {
+				// For Windows paths containing backslashes, check if the file exists directly
+				return fs.existsSync(debuggerName);
+			}
+			else {
+				const command = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'where' : 'command -v';
+				execSync(`${command} ${debuggerName}`, { stdio: 'ignore' });
+				return true;
+			}
 		} catch (error) {
 			return false;
 		}