diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
index 8a02af3982..065634fd23 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ export class ExtensionHostProcessWorker implements IExtensionHostStarter {
 		if (!this._messageProtocol) {
 			this._messageProtocol = Promise.all([
 				this._tryListenOnPipe(),
-				!this._environmentService.args['disable-inspect'] ? this._tryFindDebugPort() : Promise.resolve(null)
+				//!this._environmentService.args['disable-inspect'] ? this._tryFindDebugPort() : Promise.resolve(null)
+				(this._environmentService.args['inspect-extensions'] || this._environmentService.args['inspect-brk-extensions']) ? this._tryFindDebugPort() : Promise.resolve(null)
 			]).then(data => {
 				const pipeName = data[0];
 				const portData = data[1];