diff --git a/packages/ide-api/api.d.ts b/packages/ide-api/api.d.ts
index 8d059e109ce10b9a4dab2c7317ee0dcd9f772eba..c395ac281bbc3faa81517630c0ba38daf2481baa 100644
--- a/packages/ide-api/api.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ide-api/api.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // tslint:disable no-any
 
+import { ITerminalService } from "vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal";
+
 export interface EvalHelper { }
 interface ActiveEvalEmitter {
 	removeAllListeners(event?: string): void;
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ declare namespace ide {
 		readonly storageService: IStorageService;
 		readonly menuRegistry: IMenuRegistry;
 		readonly commandRegistry: ICommandRegistry;
+		readonly terminalService: ITerminalService;
 
 		onFileCreate(cb: (path: string) => void): void;
 		onFileMove(cb: (path: string, target: string) => void): void;
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
index c1a544d5b663fee4f223698386783218b443f2e1..277f89bbd2da97d19d0c812a8d80a59579e7964a 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class VSClient extends IdeClient {
 					// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 					statusbarService: getService<IStatusbarService>(IStatusbarService) as any,
 					notificationService: getService<INotificationService>(INotificationService),
+					terminalService: getService<ITerminalService>(ITerminalService),
 					storageService: {
 						save: (): Promise<void> => {
 							// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any