diff --git a/extensions/markdown/media/main.js b/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
index 012c444c3d7a17befffb8821f38d5ef8b3c54879..998afcfe83c314515b7a7de5c23678f84f23f9b3 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
+++ b/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 		const offset = event.pageY;
 		const line = getEditorLineNumberForPageOffset(offset);
 		if (!isNaN(line)) {
-			postCommand('_markdown.didClick', [settings.source, line]);
+			postMessage('didClick', { line });
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 			} else {
 				const line = getEditorLineNumberForPageOffset(window.scrollY);
 				if (!isNaN(line)) {
-					postMessage('revealLine', { source: settings.source, line });
+					postMessage('revealLine', { line });
 				}
 			}
 		}, 50));
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/features/previewManager.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/features/previewManager.ts
index 60fc3e317ac9356535946bcfcb13660832bd6a25..84a6c2a4c36ccee485afdbe62979ad5c22394a45 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/features/previewManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/features/previewManager.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class MarkdownPreview {
 					this.onDidScrollPreview(e.body.line);
 					break;
 
+				case 'didClick':
+					this.onDidClickPreview(e.body.line);
+					break;
+
 			}
 		}, null, this.disposables);
 
@@ -269,6 +273,17 @@ class MarkdownPreview {
 				vscode.TextEditorRevealType.AtTop);
 		}
 	}
+
+	private async onDidClickPreview(line: number): Promise<void> {
+		for (const visibleEditor of vscode.window.visibleTextEditors) {
+			if (this.isPreviewOf(visibleEditor.document.uri)) {
+				const editor = await vscode.window.showTextDocument(visibleEditor.document, visibleEditor.viewColumn);
+				const position = new vscode.Position(line, 0);
+				editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(position, position);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 export interface PreviewSettings {