diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.ts
index 4beda10f9eec02715ebcd3b78d915c5b00f15489..f53a7ab7d6ab985fffa277bc96b5be613d139687 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import { ICommandService } from 'vs/platform/commands/common/commands';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { IHostService } from 'vs/workbench/services/host/browser/host';
 import { isEqualOrParent } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
+import { ISearchService } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
+import { QueryBuilder } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/queryBuilder';
 
 const pathPrefix = '(\\.\\.?|\\~)';
 const pathSeparatorClause = '\\/';
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends DisposableStore {
 	private _webLinksAddon: ITerminalAddon | undefined;
 	private _linkProviders: IDisposable[] = [];
 	private _hasBeforeHandleLinkListeners = false;
+	private readonly _fileQueryBuilder = this._instantiationService.createInstance(QueryBuilder);
 
 	protected static _LINK_INTERCEPT_THRESHOLD = LINK_INTERCEPT_THRESHOLD;
 	public static readonly LINK_INTERCEPT_THRESHOLD = TerminalLinkManager._LINK_INTERCEPT_THRESHOLD;
@@ -120,7 +123,8 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends DisposableStore {
 		@IQuickInputService private readonly _quickInputService: IQuickInputService,
 		@ICommandService private readonly _commandService: ICommandService,
 		@IWorkspaceContextService private readonly _workspaceContextService: IWorkspaceContextService,
-		@IHostService private readonly _hostService: IHostService
+		@IHostService private readonly _hostService: IHostService,
+		@ISearchService private readonly _searchService: ISearchService
 	) {
 		super();
 
@@ -322,7 +326,24 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends DisposableStore {
 		const tooltipWordCallback = (event: MouseEvent, link: string, location: IViewportRange) => {
 			this._tooltipCallback(event, link, location, link => this._quickInputService.quickAccess.show(link));
 		};
-		const wrappedWordActivateCallback = this._wrapLinkHandler(link => this._quickInputService.quickAccess.show(link));
+		const wrappedWordActivateCallback = this._wrapLinkHandler(async link => {
+			const results = await this._searchService.fileSearch(
+				this._fileQueryBuilder.file(this._workspaceContextService.getWorkspace().folders, {
+					filePattern: link,
+					maxResults: 2
+				})
+			);
+
+			// If there was exactly one match, open it
+			if (results.results.length === 1) {
+				const match = results.results[0];
+				await this._editorService.openEditor({ resource: match.resource, options: { pinned: true } });
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Fallback to searching quick access
+			this._quickInputService.quickAccess.show(link);
+		});
 		this._linkProviders.push(this._xterm.registerLinkProvider(
 			this._instantiationService.createInstance(TerminalWordLinkProvider, this._xterm, wrappedWordActivateCallback, tooltipWordCallback, this._leaveCallback)
 		));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.test.ts
index ee739f8b562fd5921882c2a55d2f1dc546c22b54..332c68184c315238f65d3e2f50279c367fbd1c80 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalLinkManager.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import { ITerminalInstanceService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/
 import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { ITerminalConfigHelper } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { TestConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/test/common/testConfigurationService';
+import { TestInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/test/common/instantiationServiceMock';
+import { TestRemotePathService, TestEnvironmentService } from 'vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices';
+import { IRemotePathService } from 'vs/workbench/services/path/common/remotePathService';
+import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 
 class TestTerminalLinkManager extends TerminalLinkManager {
 	public get localLinkRegex(): RegExp {
@@ -84,12 +88,20 @@ const testConfigHelper: ITerminalConfigHelper = <any>{
 };
 
 suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
+	let instantiationService: TestInstantiationService;
+
+	setup(() => {
+		instantiationService = new TestInstantiationService();
+		instantiationService.stub(IEnvironmentService, TestEnvironmentService);
+		instantiationService.stub(IRemotePathService, new TestRemotePathService(TestEnvironmentService));
+	});
+
 	suite('localLinkRegex', () => {
 		test('Windows', () => {
 			const terminalLinkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Windows,
 				userHome: ''
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			function testLink(link: string, linkUrl: string, lineNo?: string, columnNo?: string) {
 				assert.equal(terminalLinkHandler.extractLinkUrl(link), linkUrl);
 				assert.equal(terminalLinkHandler.extractLinkUrl(`:${link}:`), linkUrl);
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const terminalLinkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Linux,
 				userHome: ''
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			function testLink(link: string, linkUrl: string, lineNo?: string, columnNo?: string) {
 				assert.equal(terminalLinkHandler.extractLinkUrl(link), linkUrl);
 				assert.equal(terminalLinkHandler.extractLinkUrl(`:${link}:`), linkUrl);
@@ -233,7 +245,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Windows,
 				userHome: 'C:\\Users\\Me'
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			linkHandler.processCwd = 'C:\\base';
 
 			assert.equal(linkHandler.preprocessPath('./src/file1'), 'C:\\base\\src\\file1');
@@ -246,7 +258,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Windows,
 				userHome: 'C:\\Users\\M e'
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			linkHandler.processCwd = 'C:\\base dir';
 
 			assert.equal(linkHandler.preprocessPath('./src/file1'), 'C:\\base dir\\src\\file1');
@@ -260,7 +272,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Linux,
 				userHome: '/home/me'
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			linkHandler.processCwd = '/base';
 
 			assert.equal(linkHandler.preprocessPath('./src/file1'), '/base/src/file1');
@@ -273,7 +285,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Linux,
 				userHome: '/home/me'
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 
 			assert.equal(linkHandler.preprocessPath('./src/file1'), null);
 			assert.equal(linkHandler.preprocessPath('src/file2'), null);
@@ -287,7 +299,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 		const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 			os: OperatingSystem.Linux,
 			userHome: ''
-		} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+		} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, null!, new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 
 		function assertAreGoodMatches(matches: RegExpMatchArray | null) {
 			if (matches) {
@@ -318,7 +330,7 @@ suite('Workbench - TerminalLinkHandler', () => {
 			const linkHandler = new TestTerminalLinkManager(new TestXterm() as any, {
 				os: OperatingSystem.Linux,
 				userHome: ''
-			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, new TestConfigurationService(), new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, null!, null!);
+			} as any, testConfigHelper, null!, null!, new TestConfigurationService(), new MockTerminalInstanceService(), null!, null!, instantiationService, null!, null!, null!, null!, null!);
 			linkHandler.onBeforeHandleLink(e => {
 				if (e.link === 'https://www.microsoft.com') {
 					intercepted = true;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
index 3c63cde4bab61c28d7a5a96d103186deedb17a19..18aca9b8ccde1dd2519b89690c94cdc7784364ed 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { TerminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/termina
 import { Terminal, ILink, IBufferRange, IBufferCellPosition } from 'xterm';
 import { OperatingSystem } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { format } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
+import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 
 const unixLinks = [
 	'/foo',
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ const supportedLinkFormats: LinkFormatInfo[] = [
 suite('Workbench - TerminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider', () => {
 	async function assertLink(text: string, os: OperatingSystem, expected: { text: string, range: [number, number][] }) {
 		const xterm = new Terminal();
-		const provider = new TerminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider(xterm, os, () => { }, () => { }, () => { }, (_, cb) => { cb(true); });
+		const provider = new TerminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider(xterm, os, () => { }, () => { }, () => { }, () => { }, (_, cb) => { cb({ uri: URI.file('/'), isDirectory: false }); });
 
 		// Write the text and wait for the parser to finish
 		await new Promise<void>(r => xterm.write(text, r));