diff --git a/include/internal/catch_debugger.h b/include/internal/catch_debugger.h
index 4c83efd2..060cbc90 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_debugger.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_debugger.h
@@ -34,9 +34,16 @@ namespace Catch{
     #endif
 
 #elif defined(CATCH_PLATFORM_LINUX)
-    #include <signal.h>
+    // If we can use inline assembler, do it because this allows us to break
+    // directly at the location of the failing check instead of breaking inside
+    // raise() called from it, i.e. one stack frame below.
+    #if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(__i386) || defined(__x86_64))
+        #define CATCH_TRAP() asm volatile ("int $3")
+    #else // Fall back to the generic way.
+        #include <signal.h>
 
-    #define CATCH_TRAP() raise(SIGTRAP)
+        #define CATCH_TRAP() raise(SIGTRAP)
+    #endif
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
     #define CATCH_TRAP() __debugbreak()
 #elif defined(__MINGW32__)