diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
index 0340900a5c44a2e7dedb5470eae46a111f8b31d5..b7dfb8adf9b00b7053d15e72e5df78eb0ee2eafc 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceEditMetadata {
 	needsConfirmation: boolean;
 	label: string;
 	description?: string;
-	iconPath?: { id: string } | { light: URI, dark: URI };
+	iconPath?: { id: string } | URI | { light: URI, dark: URI };
 }
 
 export interface WorkspaceFileEditOptions {
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index 0216ff21d1d125fab9796cb3be401d0222f56c70..e45120452e4487d4a693318b8fba200334d8056d 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -6044,7 +6044,7 @@ declare namespace monaco.languages {
 		description?: string;
 		iconPath?: {
 			id: string;
-		} | {
+		} | Uri | {
 			light: Uri;
 			dark: Uri;
 		};
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
index ee4368dbe33e2161f6fd6578079740657ca5ded9..56f2530c0edfa1b83c8f83f5f279be84f4f3533b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import { ExtensionActivationReason } from 'vs/workbench/api/common/extHostExtens
 import { TunnelDto } from 'vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTunnelService';
 import { TunnelOptions } from 'vs/platform/remote/common/tunnel';
 import { Timeline, TimelineChangeEvent, TimelineCursor, TimelineProviderDescriptor } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/timeline/common/timeline';
+import { revive } from 'vs/base/common/marshalling';
 
 export interface IEnvironment {
 	isExtensionDevelopmentDebug: boolean;
@@ -1093,18 +1094,25 @@ export interface IWorkspaceSymbolsDto extends IdObject {
 	symbols: IWorkspaceSymbolDto[];
 }
 
+export interface IWorkspaceEditEntryMetadataDto {
+	needsConfirmation: boolean;
+	label: string;
+	description?: string;
+	iconPath?: { id: string } | UriComponents | { light: UriComponents, dark: UriComponents };
+}
+
 export interface IWorkspaceFileEditDto {
 	oldUri?: UriComponents;
 	newUri?: UriComponents;
 	options?: modes.WorkspaceFileEditOptions
-	metadata?: modes.WorkspaceEditMetadata;
+	metadata?: IWorkspaceEditEntryMetadataDto;
 }
 
 export interface IWorkspaceTextEditDto {
 	resource: UriComponents;
 	edit: modes.TextEdit;
 	modelVersionId?: number;
-	metadata?: modes.WorkspaceEditMetadata;
+	metadata?: IWorkspaceEditEntryMetadataDto;
 }
 
 export interface IWorkspaceEditDto {
@@ -1123,6 +1131,9 @@ export function reviveWorkspaceEditDto(data: IWorkspaceEditDto | undefined): mod
 				(<IWorkspaceFileEditDto>edit).newUri = URI.revive((<IWorkspaceFileEditDto>edit).newUri);
 				(<IWorkspaceFileEditDto>edit).oldUri = URI.revive((<IWorkspaceFileEditDto>edit).oldUri);
 			}
+			if (edit.metadata && edit.metadata.iconPath) {
+				edit.metadata = revive(edit.metadata);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return <modes.WorkspaceEdit>data;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditTree.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditTree.ts
index 544fa1027d4d4fe946a1e3ccd7081acd6ec26040..6804221716a65cb514e1b2b2461511e796a3dbf5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditTree.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { basename } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 import { ThemeIcon } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { WorkspaceFileEdit } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { compare } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
+import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 
 // --- VIEW MODEL
 
@@ -420,6 +421,12 @@ export class CategoryElementRenderer implements ITreeRenderer<CategoryElement, F
 			const className = ThemeIcon.asClassName(metadata.iconPath);
 			template.icon.className = className ? `theme-icon ${className}` : '';
 
+		} else if (URI.isUri(metadata.iconPath)) {
+			// background-image
+			template.icon.className = 'uri-icon';
+			template.icon.style.setProperty('--background-dark', `url("${metadata.iconPath.toString(true)}")`);
+			template.icon.style.setProperty('--background-light', `url("${metadata.iconPath.toString(true)}")`);
+
 		} else if (metadata.iconPath) {
 			// background-image
 			template.icon.className = 'uri-icon';