diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
index 0558dbb8a7..cda775ada8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,10 @@ export class Page extends ChannelOwner<channels.PageChannel> implements api.Page
   }
 
   async pause() {
-    await this.context()._channel.pause();
+    if (!!require('inspector').url())
+      debugger;  // eslint-disable-line no-debugger
+    else
+      await this.context()._channel.pause();
   }
 
   async pdf(options: PDFOptions = {}): Promise<Buffer> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
index f3d9baf9bf..738a228ce5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channel
   }
 
   async pause(params: channels.BrowserContextPauseParams, metadata: CallMetadata) {
-    // Inspector controller will take care of this.
+    // Debugger will take care of this.
   }
 
   async newCDPSession(params: channels.BrowserContextNewCDPSessionParams): Promise<channels.BrowserContextNewCDPSessionResult> {