diff --git a/src/vs/platform/dialogs/browser/dialogService.ts b/src/vs/platform/dialogs/browser/dialogService.ts
index 517651193d1389dfaed522631c81cea21f83c6c3..5ddc105e9935cf9d1fdf7f4116675c5a13cf818e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/dialogs/browser/dialogService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/dialogs/browser/dialogService.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ export class DialogService implements IDialogService {
 							EventHelper.stop(event, true);
 						}
 					}
-				}
+				},
+				checkboxLabel: options && options.checkbox ? options.checkbox.label : undefined,
+				checkboxChecked: options && options.checkbox ? options.checkbox.checked : undefined
 			});
 
 		dialogDisposables.add(dialog);
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ export class DialogService implements IDialogService {
 		dialogDisposables.dispose();
 
 		return {
-			choice: result.button
+			choice: result.button,
+			checkboxChecked: result.checkboxChecked
 		};
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/dialogs/common/dialogs.ts b/src/vs/platform/dialogs/common/dialogs.ts
index 2081f736eb4549a1291af931f7c10083c5ac33bf..e4d2672647015c99c4d4f20ade3fa1e703b39b69 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/dialogs/common/dialogs.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/dialogs/common/dialogs.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ export const IDialogService = createDecorator<IDialogService>('dialogService');
 export interface IDialogOptions {
 	cancelId?: number;
 	detail?: string;
+	checkbox?: {
+		label: string;
+		checked?: boolean;
+	};
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/dialogs/electron-browser/dialogService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/dialogs/electron-browser/dialogService.ts
index 7e3f18bd489e567fa9cc7a2a7882d1fdadb05988..49c83de1fc2af38d841716f7c2581a4abf341150 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/dialogs/electron-browser/dialogService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/dialogs/electron-browser/dialogService.ts
@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ class NativeDialogService implements IDialogService {
 			buttons,
 			type: (severity === Severity.Info) ? 'question' : (severity === Severity.Error) ? 'error' : (severity === Severity.Warning) ? 'warning' : 'none',
 			cancelId: dialogOptions ? dialogOptions.cancelId : undefined,
-			detail: dialogOptions ? dialogOptions.detail : undefined
+			detail: dialogOptions ? dialogOptions.detail : undefined,
+			checkboxLabel: dialogOptions && dialogOptions.checkbox ? dialogOptions.checkbox.label : undefined,
+			checkboxChecked: dialogOptions && dialogOptions.checkbox ? dialogOptions.checkbox.checked : undefined
 		});
 
 		const result = await this.windowService.showMessageBox(options);
-		return { choice: buttonIndexMap[result.button] };
+		return { choice: buttonIndexMap[result.button], checkboxChecked: result.checkboxChecked };
 	}
 
 	private massageMessageBoxOptions(options: Electron.MessageBoxOptions): IMassagedMessageBoxOptions {