diff --git a/src/extension/debugger/debugPort/portAttributesProvider.ts b/src/extension/debugger/debugPort/portAttributesProvider.ts
index 13fea1b5..21737185 100644
--- a/src/extension/debugger/debugPort/portAttributesProvider.ts
+++ b/src/extension/debugger/debugPort/portAttributesProvider.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,34 @@
  * Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *--------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { CancellationToken, PortAttributes, PortAttributesProvider, ProviderResult } from 'vscode';
+import {
+    CancellationToken,
+    PortAttributes,
+    PortAttributesProvider,
+    PortAutoForwardAction,
+    ProviderResult,
+} from 'vscode';
 
 export class DebugPortAttributesProvider implements PortAttributesProvider {
+    private knownPorts: number[] = [];
+
+    public setPortAttribute(port: number): void {
+        if (!this.knownPorts.includes(port)) {
+            this.knownPorts.push(port);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public resetPortAttribute(): void {
+        this.knownPorts.pop();
+    }
+
     public providePortAttributes(
-        _attributes: { port: number; pid?: number; commandLine?: string },
+        attributes: { port: number; pid?: number; commandLine?: string },
         _token: CancellationToken,
     ): ProviderResult<PortAttributes> {
+        if (this.knownPorts.includes(attributes.port)) {
+            return new PortAttributes(PortAutoForwardAction.Ignore);
+        }
         return undefined;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/debugger/hooks/constants.ts b/src/extension/debugger/hooks/constants.ts
index add0fcae..7b27a241 100644
--- a/src/extension/debugger/hooks/constants.ts
+++ b/src/extension/debugger/hooks/constants.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export enum DebuggerEvents {
     // Event sent by PTVSD when a child process is launched and ready to be attached to for multi-proc debugging.
     PtvsdAttachToSubprocess = 'ptvsd_attach',
     DebugpyAttachToSubprocess = 'debugpyAttach',
+    DebugpySockets = 'debugpySockets',
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/debugger/hooks/debugpySocketsHandler.ts b/src/extension/debugger/hooks/debugpySocketsHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b777a271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extension/debugger/hooks/debugpySocketsHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+'use strict';
+
+import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
+import { DebugSessionCustomEvent } from 'vscode';
+import { swallowExceptions } from '../../common/utils/decorators';
+import { DebuggerEvents } from './constants';
+import { DebuggerTypeName } from '../../constants';
+import { DebugPortAttributesProvider } from '../debugPort/portAttributesProvider';
+import { IDebugSessionEventHandlers } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * This class is responsible for register ports using by debugpy in the portProvider.
+ * @export
+ * @class ChildProcessAttachEventHandler
+ * @implements {IDebugSessionEventHandlers}
+ */
+@injectable()
+export class DebugpySocketsHandler implements IDebugSessionEventHandlers {
+    constructor(
+        @inject(DebugPortAttributesProvider) private readonly debugPortAttributesProvider: DebugPortAttributesProvider,
+    ) {}
+
+    @swallowExceptions('Handle child process launch')
+    public async handleCustomEvent(event: DebugSessionCustomEvent): Promise<void> {
+        if (!event || event.session.configuration.type !== DebuggerTypeName) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (event.event == DebuggerEvents.DebugpySockets) {
+            let portSocket = event.body.sockets.find((socket: { [x: string]: any }) => {
+                return socket['internal'] == false;
+            });
+            if (portSocket != undefined) {
+                this.debugPortAttributesProvider.setPortAttribute(portSocket.port);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/extension/extensionInit.ts b/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
index 477e7f1d..d450de7f 100644
--- a/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
+++ b/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { ignoreErrors } from './common/promiseUtils';
 import { pickArgsInput } from './common/utils/localize';
 import { DebugPortAttributesProvider } from './debugger/debugPort/portAttributesProvider';
 import { getConfigurationsByUri } from './debugger/configuration/launch.json/launchJsonReader';
+import { DebugpySocketsHandler } from './debugger/hooks/debugpySocketsHandler';
 
 export async function registerDebugger(context: IExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
     const childProcessAttachService = new ChildProcessAttachService();
@@ -154,4 +155,17 @@ export async function registerDebugger(context: IExtensionContext): Promise<void
             debugPortAttributesProvider,
         ),
     );
+
+    const debugpySocketsHandler = new DebugpySocketsHandler(debugPortAttributesProvider);
+    context.subscriptions.push(
+        debug.onDidReceiveDebugSessionCustomEvent((e) => {
+            ignoreErrors(debugpySocketsHandler.handleCustomEvent(e));
+        }),
+    );
+
+    context.subscriptions.push(
+        debug.onDidTerminateDebugSession(() => {
+            debugPortAttributesProvider.resetPortAttribute();
+        }),
+    );
 }