diff --git a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Experimentation/VisualStudioExperimentationService.cs b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Experimentation/VisualStudioExperimentationService.cs
index 0db9d51490f08c3d62d24ae9c821b9ef68b9651e..370ef27d4e7d018b8cc4e4051a025255c0861914 100644
--- a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Experimentation/VisualStudioExperimentationService.cs
+++ b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Experimentation/VisualStudioExperimentationService.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ internal class VisualStudioExperimentationService : ForegroundThreadAffinitizedO
     {
         private readonly object _experimentationServiceOpt;
         private readonly MethodInfo _isCachedFlightEnabledInfo;
+        private readonly IVsFeatureFlags _featureFlags;
 
         [ImportingConstructor]
         [Obsolete(MefConstruction.ImportingConstructorMessage, error: true)]
@@ -25,11 +26,13 @@ public VisualStudioExperimentationService(IThreadingContext threadingContext, SV
         {
             object experimentationServiceOpt = null;
             MethodInfo isCachedFlightEnabledInfo = null;
+            IVsFeatureFlags featureFlags = null;
 
             threadingContext.JoinableTaskFactory.Run(async () =>
             {
                 try
                 {
+                    featureFlags = (IVsFeatureFlags)await ((IAsyncServiceProvider)serviceProvider).GetServiceAsync(typeof(SVsFeatureFlags)).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     experimentationServiceOpt = await ((IAsyncServiceProvider)serviceProvider).GetServiceAsync(typeof(SVsExperimentationService)).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     if (experimentationServiceOpt != null)
                     {
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ public VisualStudioExperimentationService(IThreadingContext threadingContext, SV
                 }
             });
 
+            _featureFlags = featureFlags;
             _experimentationServiceOpt = experimentationServiceOpt;
             _isCachedFlightEnabledInfo = isCachedFlightEnabledInfo;
         }
@@ -51,6 +55,20 @@ public bool IsExperimentEnabled(string experimentName)
             ThisCanBeCalledOnAnyThread();
             if (_isCachedFlightEnabledInfo != null)
             {
+                try
+                {
+                    var enabled = _featureFlags.IsFeatureEnabled(experimentName, defaultValue: false);
+                    if (enabled)
+                    {
+                        return enabled;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    // featureFlags can throw if given name is in incorrect format which can happen for us
+                    // since we use this for experimentation service as well
+                }
+
                 try
                 {
                     return (bool)_isCachedFlightEnabledInfo.Invoke(_experimentationServiceOpt, new object[] { experimentName });