diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 8076c873cc682..c11152d8b6318 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class SharedProcess implements ISharedProcess {
 				images: false,
 				webaudio: false,
 				webgl: false,
+				nodeIntegration: true,
 				disableBlinkFeatures: 'Auxclick' // do NOT change, allows us to identify this window as shared-process in the process explorer
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
index b933aa0f33ba9..509aab26f74e6 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ 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
 			}
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
index 48e77cdadce56..95d335cf987e9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ export class WebviewElement extends Disposable implements Webview {
 
 		this._webview = document.createElement('webview');
 		this._webview.setAttribute('partition', `webview${Date.now()}`);
-		this._webview.setAttribute('webpreferences', 'contextIsolation=yes');
+
+		this._webview.setAttribute('webpreferences', 'contextIsolation=yes,nodeIntegration=yes');
 
 		this._webview.style.flex = '0 1';
 		this._webview.style.width = '0';
diff --git a/test/electron/index.js b/test/electron/index.js
index ebd97e3b98bf0..4c1d42d56a7c4 100644
--- a/test/electron/index.js
+++ b/test/electron/index.js
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 		show: false,
 		webPreferences: {
 			backgroundThrottling: false,
-			webSecurity: false
+			webSecurity: false,
+			nodeIntegration: true
 		}
 	});