diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/common/findModel.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/common/findModel.ts
index 9fff3acac845ccfcd51a906b1b9ddadcf0a3a265..83c3bde8e72cce5eeb775704f88a6db198820912 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/common/findModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/common/findModel.ts
@@ -428,8 +428,19 @@ export class FindModelBoundToEditorModel {
 
 		// Get all the ranges (even more than the highlighted ones)
 		let ranges = this._findMatches(findScope, Number.MAX_VALUE);
+		let selections = ranges.map(r => new Selection(r.startLineNumber, r.startColumn, r.endLineNumber, r.endColumn));
+
+		// If one of the ranges is the editor selection, then maintain it as primary
+		let editorSelection = this._editor.getSelection();
+		for (let i = 0, len = selections.length; i < len; i++) {
+			let sel = selections[i];
+			if (sel.equalsRange(editorSelection)) {
+				selections = [editorSelection].concat(selections.slice(0, i)).concat(selections.slice(i + 1));
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 
-		this._editor.setSelections(ranges.map(r => new Selection(r.startLineNumber, r.startColumn, r.endLineNumber, r.endColumn)));
+		this._editor.setSelections(selections);
 	}
 
 	private _executeEditorCommand(source: string, command: editorCommon.ICommand): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/test/common/findModel.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/test/common/findModel.test.ts
index 266f7bba7903fa05b94e16c32f4014537cde70fa..4af097a3886f2f9249e9e4cc1b68e3ee85ace84e 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/test/common/findModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/test/common/findModel.test.ts
@@ -1585,6 +1585,52 @@ suite('FindModel', () => {
 		findState.dispose();
 	});
 
+	findTest('issue #14143 selectAllMatches should maintain primary cursor if feasible', (editor, cursor) => {
+		let findState = new FindReplaceState();
+		findState.change({ searchString: 'hello', replaceString: 'hi', wholeWord: true }, false);
+		let findModel = new FindModelBoundToEditorModel(editor, findState);
+
+		assertFindState(
+			editor,
+			[1, 1, 1, 1],
+			null,
+			[
+				[6, 14, 6, 19],
+				[6, 27, 6, 32],
+				[7, 14, 7, 19],
+				[8, 14, 8, 19]
+			]
+		);
+
+		editor.setSelection(new Range(7, 14, 7, 19));
+
+		findModel.selectAllMatches();
+
+		assert.deepEqual(editor.getSelections().map(s => s.toString()), [
+			new Selection(7, 14, 7, 19),
+			new Selection(6, 14, 6, 19),
+			new Selection(6, 27, 6, 32),
+			new Selection(8, 14, 8, 19)
+		].map(s => s.toString()));
+
+		assert.deepEqual(editor.getSelection().toString(), new Selection(7, 14, 7, 19).toString());
+
+		assertFindState(
+			editor,
+			[7, 14, 7, 19],
+			null,
+			[
+				[6, 14, 6, 19],
+				[6, 27, 6, 32],
+				[7, 14, 7, 19],
+				[8, 14, 8, 19]
+			]
+		);
+
+		findModel.dispose();
+		findState.dispose();
+	});
+
 	findTest('issue #1914: NPE when there is only one find match', (editor, cursor) => {
 		let findState = new FindReplaceState();
 		findState.change({ searchString: 'cool.h' }, false);