diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewImpl.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewImpl.ts
index d58c3f0fede626e259e38f324aebee0d186f1bae..72397cdf9e834aa17566805533611dd2fbcfcbd5 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewImpl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewImpl.ts
@@ -450,10 +450,9 @@ export class View extends ViewEventHandler {
 		return new OverviewRuler(this._context, cssClassName);
 	}
 
-	public change(callback: (changeAccessor: IViewZoneChangeAccessor) => any): boolean {
-		const hadAChange = this.viewZones.changeViewZones(callback);
+	public change(callback: (changeAccessor: IViewZoneChangeAccessor) => any): void {
+		this.viewZones.changeViewZones(callback);
 		this._scheduleRender();
-		return hadAChange;
 	}
 
 	public render(now: boolean, everything: boolean): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/codeEditorWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/codeEditorWidget.ts
index 0f3aaa1bddf874a8cbba1c90a734c61e119c1b4c..9cb79e71a6c4a8fd1c96f4282662b26b47618b1d 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/codeEditorWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/codeEditorWidget.ts
@@ -1385,10 +1385,7 @@ export class CodeEditorWidget extends Disposable implements editorBrowser.ICodeE
 		if (!this._modelData || !this._modelData.hasRealView) {
 			return;
 		}
-		const hasChanges = this._modelData.view.change(callback);
-		if (hasChanges) {
-			this._onDidChangeViewZones.fire();
-		}
+		this._modelData.view.change(callback);
 	}
 
 	public getTargetAtClientPoint(clientX: number, clientY: number): editorBrowser.IMouseTarget | null {
@@ -1521,6 +1518,9 @@ export class CodeEditorWidget extends Disposable implements editorBrowser.ICodeE
 				case OutgoingViewModelEventKind.ScrollChanged:
 					this._onDidScrollChange.fire(e);
 					break;
+				case OutgoingViewModelEventKind.ViewZonesChanged:
+					this._onDidChangeViewZones.fire();
+					break;
 			}
 		}));
 
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher.ts
index 2bd933331e784acb9b695ba13922a4bdec25961f..8b8f5b4b90700f559843a09e96fc22899703f8ee 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export const enum OutgoingViewModelEventKind {
 	ContentSizeChanged,
 	FocusChanged,
 	ScrollChanged,
+	ViewZonesChanged,
 }
 
 export class ContentSizeChangedEvent implements IContentSizeChangedEvent {
@@ -251,7 +252,6 @@ export class ScrollChangedEvent {
 		return (!this.scrollWidthChanged && !this.scrollLeftChanged && !this.scrollHeightChanged && !this.scrollTopChanged);
 	}
 
-
 	public merge(other: OutgoingViewModelEvent): ScrollChangedEvent {
 		if (other.kind !== OutgoingViewModelEventKind.ScrollChanged) {
 			return this;
@@ -263,8 +263,25 @@ export class ScrollChangedEvent {
 	}
 }
 
+export class ViewZonesChangedEvent {
+
+	public readonly kind = OutgoingViewModelEventKind.ViewZonesChanged;
+
+	constructor() {
+	}
+
+	public isNoOp(): boolean {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public merge(other: OutgoingViewModelEvent): ViewZonesChangedEvent {
+		return this;
+	}
+}
+
 export type OutgoingViewModelEvent = (
 	ContentSizeChangedEvent
 	| FocusChangedEvent
 	| ScrollChangedEvent
+	| ViewZonesChangedEvent
 );
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
index 99de87ae6ab993aed33d58d88f42a992c5be42dd..63663464456bc8cf74fed2b660dbf5067a638bd3 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelImpl.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { Cursor } from 'vs/editor/common/controller/cursor';
 import { PartialCursorState, CursorState, IColumnSelectData, EditOperationType, CursorConfiguration } from 'vs/editor/common/controller/cursorCommon';
 import { CursorChangeReason } from 'vs/editor/common/controller/cursorEvents';
 import { IWhitespaceChangeAccessor } from 'vs/editor/common/viewLayout/linesLayout';
-import { ViewModelEventDispatcher, OutgoingViewModelEvent, FocusChangedEvent, ScrollChangedEvent } from 'vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher';
+import { ViewModelEventDispatcher, OutgoingViewModelEvent, FocusChangedEvent, ScrollChangedEvent, ViewZonesChangedEvent } from 'vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelEventDispatcher';
 import { ViewEventHandler } from 'vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewEventHandler';
 
 const USE_IDENTITY_LINES_COLLECTION = true;
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ export class ViewModel extends Disposable implements IViewModel {
 		const hadAChange = this.viewLayout.changeWhitespace(callback);
 		if (hadAChange) {
 			this._eventDispatcher.emitSingleViewEvent(new viewEvents.ViewZonesChangedEvent());
+			this._eventDispatcher.emitOutgoingEvent(new ViewZonesChangedEvent());
 		}
 	}
 	public setMaxLineWidth(maxLineWidth: number): void {