diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debugentry/DebugInfoBase.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debugentry/DebugInfoBase.java
index 4d814307c185..bd103069e35f 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debugentry/DebugInfoBase.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debugentry/DebugInfoBase.java
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ public void installDebugInfo(DebugInfoProvider debugInfoProvider) {
             Path filePath = debugTypeInfo.filePath();
             addTypeEntry(idType, typeName, fileName, filePath, byteSize, typeKind);
         }));
+        debugInfoProvider.recordActivity();
 
         /* Now we can cross reference static and instance field details. */
         debugInfoProvider.typeInfoProvider().forEach(debugTypeInfo -> debugTypeInfo.debugContext((debugContext) -> {
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ public void installDebugInfo(DebugInfoProvider debugInfoProvider) {
             TypeEntry typeEntry = (idType != null ? lookupTypeEntry(idType) : lookupHeaderType());
             typeEntry.addDebugInfo(this, debugTypeInfo, debugContext);
         }));
+        debugInfoProvider.recordActivity();
 
         debugInfoProvider.codeInfoProvider().forEach(debugCodeInfo -> debugCodeInfo.debugContext((debugContext) -> {
             /*
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ public void installDebugInfo(DebugInfoProvider debugInfoProvider) {
              */
             EconomicMap<DebugLocationInfo, SubRange> subRangeIndex = EconomicMap.create();
             debugCodeInfo.locationInfoProvider().forEach(debugLocationInfo -> addSubrange(debugLocationInfo, primaryRange, classEntry, subRangeIndex, debugContext));
+            debugInfoProvider.recordActivity();
         }));
 
         debugInfoProvider.dataInfoProvider().forEach(debugDataInfo -> debugDataInfo.debugContext((debugContext) -> {
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debuginfo/DebugInfoProvider.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debuginfo/DebugInfoProvider.java
index c3a2f489907a..aa1a052fdd62 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debuginfo/DebugInfoProvider.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.objectfile/src/com/oracle/objectfile/debuginfo/DebugInfoProvider.java
@@ -444,4 +444,6 @@ enum Type {
     Stream<DebugDataInfo> dataInfoProvider();
 
     Path getCachePath();
+
+    void recordActivity();
 }
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoFeature.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoFeature.java
index f44aa4c290af..1a6bba796c13 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoFeature.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoFeature.java
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ public void beforeImageWrite(BeforeImageWriteAccess access) {
             var accessImpl = (FeatureImpl.BeforeImageWriteAccessImpl) access;
             var image = accessImpl.getImage();
             var debugContext = new DebugContext.Builder(HostedOptionValues.singleton(), new GraalDebugHandlersFactory(GraalAccess.getOriginalSnippetReflection())).build();
-            DebugInfoProvider provider = new NativeImageDebugInfoProvider(debugContext, image.getCodeCache(), image.getHeap(), image.getNativeLibs(), accessImpl.getHostedMetaAccess());
+            DebugInfoProvider provider = new NativeImageDebugInfoProvider(debugContext, image.getCodeCache(), image.getHeap(), image.getNativeLibs(), accessImpl.getHostedMetaAccess(),
+                            accessImpl.getImageClassLoader().watchdog::recordActivity);
             var objectFile = image.getObjectFile();
             objectFile.installDebugInfo(provider);
 
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoProvider.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoProvider.java
index 8727e15e7326..e85a04c7ceda 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoProvider.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageDebugInfoProvider.java
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@
 class NativeImageDebugInfoProvider extends NativeImageDebugInfoProviderBase implements DebugInfoProvider {
     private final DebugContext debugContext;
     private final Set<HostedMethod> allOverrides;
+    private final Runnable heartbeatCallback;
 
-    NativeImageDebugInfoProvider(DebugContext debugContext, NativeImageCodeCache codeCache, NativeImageHeap heap, NativeLibraries nativeLibs, HostedMetaAccess metaAccess) {
+    NativeImageDebugInfoProvider(DebugContext debugContext, NativeImageCodeCache codeCache, NativeImageHeap heap, NativeLibraries nativeLibs, HostedMetaAccess metaAccess, Runnable heartbeatCallback) {
         super(codeCache, heap, nativeLibs, metaAccess);
         this.debugContext = debugContext;
         /* Calculate the set of all HostedMethods that are overrides. */
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ class NativeImageDebugInfoProvider extends NativeImageDebugInfoProviderBase impl
                         .flatMap(m -> Arrays.stream(m.getImplementations())
                                         .filter(Predicate.not(m::equals)))
                         .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        this.heartbeatCallback = heartbeatCallback;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2704,4 +2706,9 @@ private boolean acceptObjectInfo(ObjectInfo objectInfo) {
     private DebugDataInfo createDebugDataInfo(ObjectInfo objectInfo) {
         return new NativeImageDebugDataInfo(objectInfo);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void recordActivity() {
+        heartbeatCallback.run();
+    }
 }