diff --git a/build/builtin/main.js b/build/builtin/main.js
index 849027ad2b9f0..b094a67cac5c7 100644
--- a/build/builtin/main.js
+++ b/build/builtin/main.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 let window = null;
 
 app.once('ready', () => {
-	window = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 });
+	window = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, webviewTag: true } });
 	window.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
 	window.loadURL(url.format({ pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'), protocol: 'file:', slashes: true }));
 	// window.webContents.openDevTools();
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
index ed92533c32fb6..6fbd3fcce46a0 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ export class ProxyAuthHandler {
 			width: 450,
 			height: 220,
 			show: true,
-			title: 'VS Code'
+			title: 'VS Code',
+			webPreferences: {
+				nodeIntegration: true,
+				webviewTag: true
+			}
 		};
 
 		const focusedWindow = this.windowsMainService.getFocusedWindow();
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 8076c873cc682..6d3efb56dfb78 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class SharedProcess implements ISharedProcess {
 			backgroundColor: this.themeMainService.getBackgroundColor(),
 			webPreferences: {
 				images: false,
-				webaudio: false,
+				nodeIntegration: true,
 				webgl: false,
 				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 ec398df67eddc..32f6aaef25417 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ 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,
+				webviewTag: true
 			}
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
index b86e3120d0034..1d4e6fea04fa2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ export class WebviewElement extends Disposable implements Webview {
 
 		this._webview = document.createElement('webview');
 		this._webview.setAttribute('partition', `webview${Date.now()}`);
+		this._webview.setAttribute('nodeintegration', 'yes');
 		this._webview.setAttribute('webpreferences', 'contextIsolation=yes');
 
 		this._webview.style.flex = '0 1';
diff --git a/test/electron/index.js b/test/electron/index.js
index ebd97e3b98bf0..2224fd321e1db 100644
--- a/test/electron/index.js
+++ b/test/electron/index.js
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 		show: false,
 		webPreferences: {
 			backgroundThrottling: false,
-			webSecurity: false
+			nodeIntegration: true,
+			webSecurity: false,
+			webviewTag: true
 		}
 	});