diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
index ab865cc5224bedbc120d728bd6cc3073d3fe45ed..d1cdcc4c13199a607a0694d93c88956cd32f475c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,13 @@ export class MainThreadTerminalService implements MainThreadTerminalServiceShape
 		this._getTerminalProcess(terminalId).then(e => e.emitCwd(cwd));
 	}
 
+	public $sendResolvedLaunchConfig(terminalId: number, shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig): void {
+		const instance = this._terminalService.getInstanceFromId(terminalId);
+		if (instance) {
+			instance.shellLaunchConfig = shellLaunchConfig;
+		}
+	}
+
 	private async _onRequestLatency(terminalId: number): Promise<void> {
 		const COUNT = 2;
 		let sum = 0;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
index d1f9840554d6e86f0b20dc315aaa6c219bf4e961..cde31c599a3fef19f443b6a697b25d0df3f2bba1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { IRevealOptions, ITreeItem } from 'vs/workbench/common/views';
 import * as callHierarchy from 'vs/workbench/contrib/callHierarchy/common/callHierarchy';
 import { IAdapterDescriptor, IConfig, ITerminalSettings } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/debug';
 import { ITextQueryBuilderOptions } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/queryBuilder';
-import { ITerminalDimensions } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal';
+import { ITerminalDimensions, IShellLaunchConfig } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { ExtensionActivationError } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensions';
 import { createExtHostContextProxyIdentifier as createExtId, createMainContextProxyIdentifier as createMainId, IRPCProtocol } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/proxyIdentifier';
 import * as search from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ export interface MainThreadTerminalServiceShape extends IDisposable {
 	$sendOverrideDimensions(terminalId: number, dimensions: ITerminalDimensions | undefined): void;
 	$sendProcessInitialCwd(terminalId: number, cwd: string): void;
 	$sendProcessCwd(terminalId: number, initialCwd: string): void;
+	$sendResolvedLaunchConfig(terminalId: number, shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig): void;
 
 	// Renderer
 	$terminalRendererSetName(terminalId: number, name: string): void;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
index 37044a2f362e619dc42423dfa589e825536bb8e5..55942c11733728df6cf275ceb49a64c9a53cbb73 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ export class ExtHostTerminalService implements ExtHostTerminalServiceShape {
 		// TODO: Support conpty on remote, it doesn't seem to work for some reason?
 		// TODO: When conpty is enabled, only enable it when accessibilityMode is off
 		const enableConpty = false; //terminalConfig.get('windowsEnableConpty') as boolean;
+		this._proxy.$sendResolvedLaunchConfig(id, shellLaunchConfig);
 		this._setupExtHostProcessListeners(id, new TerminalProcess(shellLaunchConfig, initialCwd, cols, rows, env, enableConpty, this._logService));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
index 1dc49e0e24257490114c1e5afeab40f2770cba1a..1e385d4c22382db6268e4e74848b38b8ae3bed35 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 	public get hadFocusOnExit(): boolean { return this._hadFocusOnExit; }
 	public get isTitleSetByProcess(): boolean { return !!this._messageTitleDisposable; }
 	public get shellLaunchConfig(): IShellLaunchConfig { return this._shellLaunchConfig; }
+	public set shellLaunchConfig(shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig) { this._shellLaunchConfig = shellLaunchConfig; }
 	public get commandTracker(): TerminalCommandTracker { return this._commandTracker; }
 
 	private readonly _onExit = new Emitter<number>();
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index c126bf709783bdbc38ab7faa6fd74380c3891287..02825b35a222bbb9fd007c1c25c26a61e309050b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ export interface ITerminalInstance {
 	/**
 	 * The shell launch config used to launch the shell.
 	 */
-	readonly shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig;
+	shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig;
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether to disable layout for the terminal. This is useful when the size of the terminal is