diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/cli/main.cpp b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/cli/main.cpp
index 3d1864ff1..5c7b32f54 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/cli/main.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ class CliDriver : public BaseDriver
 private:
 	gdbstub_handle_t __stubs[2];
 public:
+	virtual void EMU_DebugIdleEnter() {
+		SPU_Pause(1);
+	}
 	virtual void EMU_DebugIdleUpdate() {
 		gdbstub_wait(__stubs, -1L);
 	}
+	virtual void EMU_DebugIdleWakeUp() {
+		SPU_Pause(0);
+	}
 	virtual void setStubs(gdbstub_handle_t stubs[2]) {
 		this->__stubs[0] = stubs[0];
 		this->__stubs[1] = stubs[1];