diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index 92ef1a7504628afa2851e4b954a369749562be55..42c242bb579b33a8682b449f7ab4b4afc5b092e9 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { IStateService } from 'vs/platform/state/node/state';
 import { IEnvironmentMainService } from 'vs/platform/environment/electron-main/environmentMainService';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
-import { IURLService } from 'vs/platform/url/common/url';
+import { IOpenURLOptions, IURLService } from 'vs/platform/url/common/url';
 import { URLHandlerChannelClient, URLHandlerRouter } from 'vs/platform/url/common/urlIpc';
 import { ITelemetryService, machineIdKey } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { NullTelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ import { INativeHostMainService, NativeHostMainService } from 'vs/platform/nativ
 import { ISharedProcessMainService, SharedProcessMainService } from 'vs/platform/ipc/electron-main/sharedProcessMainService';
 import { IDialogMainService, DialogMainService } from 'vs/platform/dialogs/electron-main/dialogs';
 import { withNullAsUndefined } from 'vs/base/common/types';
-import { coalesce } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 import { mnemonicButtonLabel, getPathLabel } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
 import { WebviewMainService } from 'vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService';
 import { IWebviewManagerService } from 'vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService';
@@ -663,30 +662,32 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 
 		// Check for initial URLs to handle from protocol link invocations
 		const pendingWindowOpenablesFromProtocolLinks: IWindowOpenable[] = [];
-		const pendingProtocolLinksToHandle = coalesce([
-
+		const pendingProtocolLinksToHandle = [
 			// Windows/Linux: protocol handler invokes CLI with --open-url
 			...this.environmentService.args['open-url'] ? this.environmentService.args._urls || [] : [],
 
 			// macOS: open-url events
 			...((<any>global).getOpenUrls() || []) as string[]
-		].map(pendingUrlToHandle => {
+		].map(url => {
 			try {
-				return URI.parse(pendingUrlToHandle);
-			} catch (error) {
-				return undefined;
+				return { uri: URI.parse(url), url };
+			} catch {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}).filter((obj): obj is { uri: URI, url: string } => {
+			if (!obj) {
+				return false;
 			}
-		})).filter(pendingUriToHandle => {
 
 			// If URI should be blocked, filter it out
-			if (this.shouldBlockURI(pendingUriToHandle)) {
+			if (this.shouldBlockURI(obj.uri)) {
 				return false;
 			}
 
 			// Filter out any protocol link that wants to open as window so that
 			// we open the right set of windows on startup and not restore the
 			// previous workspace too.
-			const windowOpenable = this.getWindowOpenableFromProtocolLink(pendingUriToHandle);
+			const windowOpenable = this.getWindowOpenableFromProtocolLink(obj.uri);
 			if (windowOpenable) {
 				pendingWindowOpenablesFromProtocolLinks.push(windowOpenable);
 
@@ -700,7 +701,7 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 		const app = this;
 		const environmentService = this.environmentService;
 		urlService.registerHandler({
-			async handleURL(uri: URI): Promise<boolean> {
+			async handleURL(uri: URI, options?: IOpenURLOptions): Promise<boolean> {
 
 				// If URI should be blocked, behave as if it's handled
 				if (app.shouldBlockURI(uri)) {
@@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 
 					await window.ready();
 
-					return urlService.open(uri);
+					return urlService.open(uri, options);
 				}
 
 				return false;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchMainService.ts b/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchMainService.ts
index 2e48223e5685c04fa1d4633dbf6acc5ab36bbd21..9b3d656639431532ad10361c6089a4c46ac80272 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchMainService.ts
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ export interface IRemoteDiagnosticOptions {
 	includeWorkspaceMetadata?: boolean;
 }
 
-function parseOpenUrl(args: NativeParsedArgs): URI[] {
+function parseOpenUrl(args: NativeParsedArgs): { uri: URI, url: string }[] {
 	if (args['open-url'] && args._urls && args._urls.length > 0) {
 		// --open-url must contain -- followed by the url(s)
 		// process.argv is used over args._ as args._ are resolved to file paths at this point
 		return coalesce(args._urls
 			.map(url => {
 				try {
-					return URI.parse(url);
+					return { uri: URI.parse(url), url };
 				} catch (err) {
 					return null;
 				}
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ export class LaunchMainService implements ILaunchMainService {
 
 			// Make sure a window is open, ready to receive the url event
 			whenWindowReady.then(() => {
-				for (const url of urlsToOpen) {
-					this.urlService.open(url);
+				for (const { uri, url } of urlsToOpen) {
+					this.urlService.open(uri, { originalUrl: url });
 				}
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/url/common/url.ts b/src/vs/platform/url/common/url.ts
index 2069fc48e51c5435a56dc1623f4a859dbdaed43e..5202226dd226ff4f556e464345db8698c547cc4d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/url/common/url.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/url/common/url.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export interface IOpenURLOptions {
 	 * might be shown to the user.
 	 */
 	trusted?: boolean;
+
+	originalUrl?: string;
 }
 
 export interface IURLHandler {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/url/common/urlIpc.ts b/src/vs/platform/url/common/urlIpc.ts
index 08d19ffd5be905917ac9574f33c4f25e592894a3..52fad0e241d525c61ce87aacf9e11b4941334234 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/url/common/urlIpc.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/url/common/urlIpc.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class URLHandlerChannel implements IServerChannel {
 
 	call(_: unknown, command: string, arg?: any): Promise<any> {
 		switch (command) {
-			case 'handleURL': return this.handler.handleURL(URI.revive(arg));
+			case 'handleURL': return this.handler.handleURL(URI.revive(arg[0]), arg[1]);
 		}
 
 		throw new Error(`Call not found: ${command}`);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class URLHandlerChannelClient implements IURLHandler {
 	constructor(private channel: IChannel) { }
 
 	handleURL(uri: URI, options?: IOpenURLOptions): Promise<boolean> {
-		return this.channel.call('handleURL', uri.toJSON());
+		return this.channel.call('handleURL', [uri.toJSON(), options]);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/url/electron-main/electronUrlListener.ts b/src/vs/platform/url/electron-main/electronUrlListener.ts
index efc15e0296579972e0379cfa72910b59cc38d8f7..50ca2ea249c0416a47667bf9d66eb3d69256dd15 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/url/electron-main/electronUrlListener.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/url/electron-main/electronUrlListener.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ function uriFromRawUrl(url: string): URI | null {
  */
 export class ElectronURLListener {
 
-	private uris: URI[] = [];
+	private uris: { uri: URI, url: string }[] = [];
 	private retryCount = 0;
 	private flushDisposable: IDisposable = Disposable.None;
 	private disposables = new DisposableStore();
 
 	constructor(
-		initialUrisToHandle: URI[],
+		initialUrisToHandle: { uri: URI, url: string }[],
 		private readonly urlService: IURLService,
 		windowsMainService: IWindowsMainService,
 		environmentService: IEnvironmentMainService
@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@ export class ElectronURLListener {
 				return url;
 			});
 
-		const onOpenUrl = Event.filter<URI | null, URI>(Event.map(onOpenElectronUrl, uriFromRawUrl), (uri): uri is URI => !!uri);
-		onOpenUrl(this.urlService.open, this.urlService, this.disposables);
+		this.disposables.add(onOpenElectronUrl(url => {
+			const uri = uriFromRawUrl(url);
+
+			if (!uri) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			this.urlService.open(uri, { originalUrl: url });
+		}));
 
 		// Send initial links to the window once it has loaded
 		const isWindowReady = windowsMainService.getWindows()
@@ -84,13 +91,13 @@ export class ElectronURLListener {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const uris: URI[] = [];
+		const uris: { uri: URI, url: string }[] = [];
 
-		for (const uri of this.uris) {
-			const handled = await this.urlService.open(uri);
+		for (const obj of this.uris) {
+			const handled = await this.urlService.open(obj.uri, { originalUrl: obj.url });
 
 			if (!handled) {
-				uris.push(uri);
+				uris.push(obj);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/url.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/url.contribution.ts
index 949c9980357a83cc436464c6b476595bd09149a2..5d3a01480bd6585efe579f8358de5c07f36769e3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/url.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/url.contribution.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class OpenUrlAction extends Action2 {
 		return quickInputService.input({ prompt: localize('urlToOpen', "URL to open") }).then(input => {
 			if (input) {
 				const uri = URI.parse(input);
-				urlService.open(uri, { trusted: true });
+				urlService.open(uri, { originalUrl: input });
 			}
 		});
 	}