diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
index fdfb2dcbc043c..6955b6795a324 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ export class CodeWindow extends Disposable implements ICodeWindow {
 				// want to enforce that Code stays in the foreground. This triggers a disable_hidden_
 				// flag that Electron provides via patch:
 				// https://github.com/electron/libchromiumcontent/blob/master/patches/common/chromium/disable_hidden.patch
-				backgroundThrottling: false
+				backgroundThrottling: false,
+				nodeIntegration: true
 			}
 		};