diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
index dabac01f5ab3917b4d3354b5027ed60951afc594..af5a5fe1fc3eab3045b3f8aef72b432e562c8b28 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ function packageTask(platform, arch, opts) {
 			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('oniguruma', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**', 'deps/**'], ['**/*.node']))
 			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('windows-mutex', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**'], ['**/*.node']))
 			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('native-keymap', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**', 'deps/**'], ['**/*.node']))
+			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('windows-foreground-love', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**'], ['**/*.node']))
 			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('gc-signals', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**', 'deps/**'], ['**/*.node', 'src/index.js']))
 			.pipe(util.cleanNodeModule('pty.js', ['binding.gyp', 'build/**', 'src/**', 'deps/**'], ['build/Release/**']));
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 0b3fd12858e0a531a43f60415413823f7a6a51d5..0a9e33916cff043f8db48d661f58ae21b38f166f 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@
       "from": "vscode-textmate@2.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-textmate/-/vscode-textmate-2.2.0.tgz"
     },
+    "windows-foreground-love": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "from": "windows-foreground-love@0.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windows-foreground-love/-/windows-foreground-love-0.1.0.tgz"
+    },
     "windows-mutex": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "from": "windows-mutex@>=0.2.0 <0.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ad3c9f600fdab72af705ffba6683598ca5ff5eb..98f8977c72632127367323524560964564860dae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     }
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
+    "windows-foreground-love": "0.1.0",
     "windows-mutex": "^0.2.0",
     "fsevents": "0.3.8"
   }
diff --git a/src/typings/windows-foreground-love.d.ts b/src/typings/windows-foreground-love.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f7d20f13aef8ef5acefd4112f3eba8053325a271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/typings/windows-foreground-love.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+declare module 'windows-foreground-love' {
+
+	export function allowSetForegroundWindow(pid?: number): boolean;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/launch.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/launch.ts
index c708a942011ad07ec624da0a7bea2a03916e5bba..185cd639486e0f749e5d72832f4c14906300f1a2 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/launch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/launch.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ export interface IStartArguments {
 
 export interface ILaunchService {
 	start(args: ParsedArgs, userEnv: IProcessEnvironment): TPromise<void>;
+	getMainProcessId(): TPromise<number>;
 }
 
 export interface ILaunchChannel extends IChannel {
 	call(command: 'start', arg: IStartArguments): TPromise<void>;
+	call(command: 'get-main-process-id', arg: null): TPromise<any>;
 	call(command: string, arg: any): TPromise<any>;
 }
 
@@ -33,10 +35,13 @@ export class LaunchChannel implements ILaunchChannel {
 	constructor(private service: ILaunchService) { }
 
 	call(command: string, arg: any): TPromise<any> {
-		const { args, userEnv } = arg as IStartArguments;
-
 		switch (command) {
-			case 'start': return this.service.start(args, userEnv);
+			case 'start':
+				const { args, userEnv } = arg as IStartArguments;
+				return this.service.start(args, userEnv);
+
+			case 'get-main-process-id':
+				return this.service.getMainProcessId();
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -48,6 +53,10 @@ export class LaunchChannelClient implements ILaunchService {
 	start(args: ParsedArgs, userEnv: IProcessEnvironment): TPromise<void> {
 		return this.channel.call('start', { args, userEnv });
 	}
+
+	getMainProcessId(): TPromise<number> {
+		return this.channel.call('get-main-process-id', null);
+	}
 }
 
 export class LaunchService implements ILaunchService {
@@ -105,4 +114,9 @@ export class LaunchService implements ILaunchService {
 
 		return TPromise.as(null);
 	}
+
+	getMainProcessId(): TPromise<number> {
+		this.logService.log('Received request for process ID from other instance.');
+		return TPromise.as(process.pid);
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
index 8a1798c023dbf70019fb61775575a8ebca9c203b..da2755debb656f6acebf488c4d451d28678d618e 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,22 @@ function setupIPC(accessor: ServicesAccessor): TPromise<Server> {
 					const channel = client.getChannel<ILaunchChannel>('launch');
 					const service = new LaunchChannelClient(channel);
 
-					return service.start(environmentService.args, process.env)
+					let promise = TPromise.as(null);
+					if (platform.isWindows) {
+						promise = service.getMainProcessId()
+							.then(processId => {
+								logService.log('Sending some foreground love to the running instance:', processId);
+								try {
+									const { allowSetForegroundWindow } = <any>require.__$__nodeRequire('windows-foreground-love');
+									allowSetForegroundWindow(processId);
+								} catch (e) {
+									// noop
+								}
+							});
+					}
+
+					return promise
+						.then(() => service.start(environmentService.args, process.env))
 						.then(() => client.dispose())
 						.then(() => TPromise.wrapError('Sent env to running instance. Terminating...'));
 				},