diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
index 29d2979cde9a3f515c442cc7ba83064fe6e0ea7e..f0d57f6d135aad257c76baec709b44b831fc6d12 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
@@ -2615,6 +2615,34 @@ End Class
             End Using
         End Function
 
+                <WpfFact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.Completion)>
+        Public Async Function TestSnippetsNotExclusiveWhenAlwaysShowing() As Task
+            Dim snippetProvider As CompletionProvider =
+                New VisualStudio.LanguageServices.VisualBasic.Snippets.
+                    SnippetCompletionProvider(editorAdaptersFactoryService:=Nothing)
+
+            Using state = TestState.CreateVisualBasicTestState(
+                  <Document><![CDATA[
+Class C
+    Public Sub Foo()
+        Dim x as Integer = 3
+        Dim t = $$
+    End Sub
+End Class
+}]]></Document>,
+                  extraCompletionProviders:={snippetProvider},
+                  extraExportedTypes:={GetType(MockSnippetInfoService)}.ToList())
+
+                state.Workspace.Options = state.Workspace.Options.WithChangedOption(CompletionOptions.SnippetsBehavior,
+                                                                                    LanguageNames.VisualBasic,
+                                                                                    SnippetsRule.AlwaysInclude)
+
+                state.SendInvokeCompletionList()
+                await state.WaitForAsynchronousOperationsAsync()
+                Assert.True(state.CompletionItemsContainsAll({"x", "Shortcut"}))
+            End Using
+        End Function
+
         <WpfFact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.Completion)>
         Public Async Function TestBuiltInTypesKeywordInTupleLiteral() As Task
             Using state = TestState.CreateVisualBasicTestState(
diff --git a/src/VisualStudio/VisualBasic/Impl/Snippets/SnippetCompletionProvider.vb b/src/VisualStudio/VisualBasic/Impl/Snippets/SnippetCompletionProvider.vb
index 075e38b9c523ddf6f3fa8e131e764656605ca8d0..8550bfad76e8337a639e9a869620a58818e67d40 100644
--- a/src/VisualStudio/VisualBasic/Impl/Snippets/SnippetCompletionProvider.vb
+++ b/src/VisualStudio/VisualBasic/Impl/Snippets/SnippetCompletionProvider.vb
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.VisualBasic.Snippets
             Dim syntaxFacts = document.GetLanguageService(Of ISyntaxFactsService)()
             Dim isPossibleTupleContext = syntaxFacts.IsPossibleTupleContext(syntaxTree, position, cancellationToken)
 
-            context.IsExclusive = True
+            context.IsExclusive = ShouldBeExclusive(context.Options)
             context.AddItems(CreateCompletionItems(snippets, isPossibleTupleContext))
         End Function
 
+        Private Function ShouldBeExclusive(options As OptionSet) As Boolean
+            Return not options.GetOption(CompletionOptions.SnippetsBehavior, LanguageNames.VisualBasic) = SnippetsRule.AlwaysInclude
+        End Function
+
         Private Shared ReadOnly s_commitChars As Char() = {" "c, ";"c, "("c, ")"c, "["c, "]"c, "{"c, "}"c, "."c, ","c, ":"c, "+"c, "-"c, "*"c, "/"c, "\"c, "^"c, "<"c, ">"c, "'"c, "="c}
         Private Shared ReadOnly s_rules As CompletionItemRules = CompletionItemRules.Create(
             commitCharacterRules:=ImmutableArray.Create(CharacterSetModificationRule.Create(CharacterSetModificationKind.Replace, s_commitChars)))