diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
index eaa3bc1bae1a42f1e1b48d94165ba3ad87787623..84803ede65f49f118a007c74aa157af72b07b260 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export interface ParsedArgs {
 	'js-flags'?: string;
 	'disable-gpu'?: boolean;
 	'nolazy'?: boolean;
+	'force-device-scale-factor'?: string;
 }
 
 export const IEnvironmentService = createDecorator<IEnvironmentService>('environmentService');
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
index 8176898aa76b73f03f1bb439838336a8b2c8b218..b97cc4b20b147d14926d499368c59de0a0da5c1e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<ParsedArgs>> = {
 	'inspect': { type: 'string' },
 	'inspect-brk': { type: 'string' },
 	'nolazy': { type: 'boolean' }, // node inspect
+	'force-device-scale-factor': { type: 'string' },
 	'_urls': { type: 'string[]' },
 
 	_: { type: 'string[]' } // main arguments