diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsExtensionPoint.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsExtensionPoint.ts
index 95a9aff3298bc790e1bee0f7e8b0f135869b0d1f..b12e7ec2bf6be58b571f231ca700fc1ee7839f79 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsExtensionPoint.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsExtensionPoint.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ const viewsContribution: IJSONSchema = {
 			default: []
 		},
 		'remote': {
-			description: localize('views.remote', "Contributes views to Remote container in the Activity bar"),
+			description: localize('views.remote', "Contributes views to Remote container in the Activity bar. To contribute to this container, enableProposedApi needs to be turned on"),
 			type: 'array',
 			items: nestableViewDescriptor,
 			default: []
@@ -387,6 +387,11 @@ class ViewsExtensionHandler implements IWorkbenchContribution {
 					return;
 				}
 
+				if (entry.key === 'remote' && !extension.description.enableProposedApi) {
+					collector.warn(localize('ViewContainerRequiresProposedAPI', "View container '{0}' requires 'enableProposedApi' turned on to be added to 'Remote'.", entry.key));
+					return;
+				}
+
 				const viewContainer = this.getViewContainer(entry.key);
 				if (!viewContainer) {
 					collector.warn(localize('ViewContainerDoesnotExist', "View container '{0}' does not exist and all views registered to it will be added to 'Explorer'.", entry.key));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/remote/browser/remote.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/remote/browser/remote.ts
index ea530271414bbb54c990e4c56373c942929364aa..eb7bc581f9d5fe0c31a3beeb56c974a903ee9f7a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/remote/browser/remote.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/remote/browser/remote.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ export class RemoteViewlet extends ViewContainerViewlet implements IViewModel {
 	}
 
 	private _handleRemoteInfoExtensionPoint(extension: IExtensionPointUser<HelpInformation>, helpInformation: HelpInformation[]) {
+		if (!extension.description.enableProposedApi) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (!extension.value.documentation && !extension.value.feedback && !extension.value.getStarted && !extension.value.issues) {
 			return;
 		}