diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cd13f70db268f7dea0b25fcd17283cf6c73594ed..96d507163a06233b638a9af1bf0e3320eb4aec41 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2014-07-14  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	PR gdb/17072
+	* top.c: Include "inf-loop.h".
+	(struct gdb_readline_wrapper_cleanup) <target_is_async_orig>: New
+	field.
+	(gdb_readline_wrapper_cleanup): Make the target async again, if it
+	was async before.
+	(gdb_readline_wrapper): Store whether the target is async, and
+	make it sync.
+
 2014-07-14  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	PR gdb/17072
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index f6c963df1957e3c321c65cf38e6cd285df9eee11..6d3fa569b982e2218d40947395a2051a1ce5fb0d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-07-14  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	PR gdb/17072
+	* gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.c: New file.
+	* gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.exp: New file.
+
 2014-07-14  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	PR gdb/17072
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e741785e72d9b2676c554c5e8b70d14fd4806e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static void
+after_sleep (void)
+{
+  return; /* after sleep */
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  sleep (3);
+  after_sleep ();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e37be97994352de0b42cc31d1adfd77131255b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/paginate-inferior-exit.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# A collection of tests related to running execution commands directly
+# from the command line, with "-ex".
+
+standard_testfile
+
+if {[build_executable "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile debug] == -1} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Test paginating while printing about the inferior having exited.
+#
+proc test_paginate_inferior_exited {} {
+    global binfile
+    global gdb_prompt pagination_prompt
+    global inferior_exited_re
+
+    with_test_prefix "paginate" {
+	clean_restart $binfile
+
+	if ![runto_main] then {
+	    fail "Can't run to main"
+	    return 0
+	}
+
+	# Force pagination.
+	gdb_test_no_output "set height 2"
+
+	set test "continue to pagination"
+
+	# Wait for the "Starting program" line, indicating the program
+	# is running.
+	set saw_starting 0
+	gdb_test_multiple "continue" $test {
+	    -re "$pagination_prompt" {
+		if {$saw_starting} {
+		    pass $test
+		} else {
+		    send_gdb "\n"
+		    exp_continue
+		}
+	    }
+	    -re "Continuing" {
+		set saw_starting 1
+		exp_continue
+	    }
+	    -notransfer -re "<return>" {
+		# Otherwise gdb_test_multiple considers this an error.
+		exp_continue
+	    }
+	}
+
+	# We're now stopped in a pagination output while handling a
+	# target event, trying to print about the program exiting.
+	set test "inferior exits normally"
+
+	send_gdb "\n"
+	gdb_test_multiple "" $test {
+	    -re "$inferior_exited_re normally.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+		pass $test
+	    }
+	}
+
+	gdb_test "p 1" " = 1" "GDB accepts further input"
+
+	# In case the board file wants to send further commands.
+	gdb_test_no_output "set height unlimited"
+    }
+}
+
+test_paginate_inferior_exited
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index 93a4a1694cf76989da9e1083d9f4be239f239fab..19c88f9ffddb67d3849b3e44d6beeb7d883e6b5f 100644
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include "ui-out.h"
 #include "cli-out.h"
 #include "tracepoint.h"
+#include "inf-loop.h"
 
 extern void initialize_all_files (void);
 
@@ -766,6 +767,9 @@ struct gdb_readline_wrapper_cleanup
   {
     void (*handler_orig) (char *);
     int already_prompted_orig;
+
+    /* Whether the target was async.  */
+    int target_is_async_orig;
   };
 
 static void
@@ -789,6 +793,9 @@ gdb_readline_wrapper_cleanup (void *arg)
   after_char_processing_hook = saved_after_char_processing_hook;
   saved_after_char_processing_hook = NULL;
 
+  if (cleanup->target_is_async_orig)
+    target_async (inferior_event_handler, 0);
+
   xfree (cleanup);
 }
 
@@ -805,8 +812,13 @@ gdb_readline_wrapper (char *prompt)
 
   cleanup->already_prompted_orig = rl_already_prompted;
 
+  cleanup->target_is_async_orig = target_is_async_p ();
+
   back_to = make_cleanup (gdb_readline_wrapper_cleanup, cleanup);
 
+  if (cleanup->target_is_async_orig)
+    target_async (NULL, NULL);
+
   /* Display our prompt and prevent double prompt display.  */
   display_gdb_prompt (prompt);
   rl_already_prompted = 1;