diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/env.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/env.test.ts
index 0959c8cead93a4535534ca369aa36f8c55bd42fc..657b559b5d258cc9e48824d8d6d52de25d083923 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/env.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/env.test.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ suite('env-namespace', () => {
 
 	test('env is set', function() {
 		assert.equal(typeof env.language, 'string');
+		assert.equal(typeof env.appName, 'string');
 		assert.equal(typeof env.machineId, 'string');
 		assert.equal(typeof env.sessionId, 'string');
 	});
 
 	test('env is readonly', function() {
 		assert.throws(() => env.language = '234');
+		assert.throws(() => env.appName = '234');
 		assert.throws(() => env.machineId = '234');
 		assert.throws(() => env.sessionId = '234');
 	});
diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
index f65ac67814763197630bfc857337e731b84ce1ce..495f36230b8f725ab7af805361b48a1d663c05bf 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
@@ -2815,6 +2815,13 @@ declare namespace vscode {
 	 */
 	export namespace env {
 
+		/**
+		 * The application name of the editor, like 'VS Code'.
+		 *
+		 * @readonly
+		 */
+		export let appName: string;
+
 		/**
 		 * Represents the preferred user-language, like `de-CH`, `fr`, or `en-US`.
 		 *
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
index 55bdfe5014f2d73bad7e481f587eff4ae9189412..828d952e33bd2d4ad510bb3d704a0e0f8a550152 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ export class ExtHostAPIImplementation {
 		this.env = Object.freeze({
 			get machineId() { return telemetryInfo.machineId; },
 			get sessionId() { return telemetryInfo.sessionId; },
-			get language() { return Platform.language; }
+			get language() { return Platform.language; },
+			get appName() { return contextService.getConfiguration().env.appName; }
 		});
 		telemetryService.getTelemetryInfo().then(info => telemetryInfo = info, errors.onUnexpectedError);