diff --git a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.ts b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.ts
index 12e6500741873a15584048a5833d1a6e9051dad9..47fb87b160d37c59a75d9e3aa2c1b9d026066521 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.ts
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ export interface IExtensionManagementServer {
 export interface IExtensionManagementServerService {
 	_serviceBrand: any;
 	readonly extensionManagementServers: IExtensionManagementServer[];
+	getDefaultExtensionManagementServer(): IExtensionManagementServer;
 	getExtensionManagementServer(location: URI): IExtensionManagementServer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionManagementServerService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionManagementServerService.ts
index 00a5164d89f3de7679adeda6f60a841728ec3e4d..e26546753ff9770d2bc5cc1220c7278ffcdbcd77 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionManagementServerService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionManagementServerService.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export class ExtensionManagementServerService implements IExtensionManagementSer
 	getExtensionManagementServer(location: URI): IExtensionManagementServer {
 		return this.extensionManagementServers[0];
 	}
+
+	getDefaultExtensionManagementServer(): IExtensionManagementServer {
+		return this.extensionManagementServers[0];
+	}
 }
 
 export class SingleServerExtensionManagementServerService implements IExtensionManagementServerService {
@@ -40,4 +44,8 @@ export class SingleServerExtensionManagementServerService implements IExtensionM
 		location = location.scheme === Schemas.file ? URI.from({ scheme: Schemas.file }) : location;
 		return this.extensionManagementServers.filter(server => location.authority === server.location.authority)[0];
 	}
+
+	getDefaultExtensionManagementServer(): IExtensionManagementServer {
+		return this.extensionManagementServers[0];
+	}
 }
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