diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcome/common/viewsWelcomeExtensionPoint.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcome/common/viewsWelcomeExtensionPoint.ts
index 513eba9642f3f7cb7ed6bb82e59bc4e9fbd8f175..7aeb9872844d1293a813c824ceef29dd30cecb6d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcome/common/viewsWelcomeExtensionPoint.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcome/common/viewsWelcomeExtensionPoint.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ const viewsWelcomeExtensionPointSchema = Object.freeze<IConfigurationPropertySch
 		],
 		properties: {
 			[ViewsWelcomeExtensionPointFields.view]: {
-				type: 'string',
-				description: nls.localize('contributes.viewsWelcome.view.view', "Target view identifier for this welcome content."),
+				oneOf: [
+					{
+						type: 'string',
+						description: nls.localize('contributes.viewsWelcome.view.view', "Target view identifier for this welcome content.")
+					},
+					{
+						type: 'string',
+						description: nls.localize('contributes.viewsWelcome.view.view', "Target view identifier for this welcome content."),
+						enum: Object.keys(ViewIdentifierMap)
+					}
+				]
 			},
 			[ViewsWelcomeExtensionPointFields.contents]: {
 				type: 'string',