diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/hover/modesContentHover.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/hover/modesContentHover.ts
index d7095b418b94cd4d4511c150244ac9bd1634a055..c1105a3f776ed1fc1bf5b10121d7ee074df7cc03 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/hover/modesContentHover.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/hover/modesContentHover.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { Constants } from 'vs/base/common/uint';
 import { textLinkForeground } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
 import { Progress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 import { IContextKey } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
+import { ITextEditorOptions } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
 
 const $ = dom.$;
 
@@ -566,7 +567,10 @@ export class ModesContentHoverWidget extends ContentHoverWidget {
 					e.stopPropagation();
 					e.preventDefault();
 					if (this._openerService) {
-						this._openerService.open(resource.with({ fragment: `${startLineNumber},${startColumn}` }), { fromUserGesture: true }).catch(onUnexpectedError);
+						this._openerService.open(resource, {
+							fromUserGesture: true,
+							editorOptions: <ITextEditorOptions>{ selection: { startLineNumber, startColumn } }
+						}).catch(onUnexpectedError);
 					}
 				};
 				const messageElement = dom.append<HTMLAnchorElement>(relatedInfoContainer, $('span'));