diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
index b311dc01e60e39..387718d08b269d 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
@@ -283,8 +283,11 @@ protected override async Task<bool> AcceptCommand(MessageId id, JObject parms, C
                     if (pauseOnException != PauseOnExceptionsKind.Unset)
                         _defaultPauseOnExceptions = pauseOnException;
                 }
-                // for Dotnetdebugger.* messages, treat them as handled, thus not passing them on to the browser
-                return method.StartsWith("DotnetDebugger.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                if (method != "DotnetDebugger.setDebuggerProperty")
+                {
+                    // for Dotnetdebugger.* messages, treat them as handled, thus not passing them on to the browser
+                    return method.StartsWith("DotnetDebugger.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                }
             }
 
             switch (method)