diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/queryInputFactory.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/queryInputFactory.ts
index 2c15b31357..3f18079a10 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/queryInputFactory.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/queryInputFactory.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class QueryEditorLanguageAssociation implements ILanguageAssociation {
 			queryEditorInput = this.instantiationService.createInstance(FileQueryEditorInput, '', activeEditor, queryResultsInput);
 		} else if (activeEditor instanceof UntitledTextEditorInput) {
 			const content = (await activeEditor.resolve()).textEditorModel.getValue();
-			queryEditorInput = await this.queryEditorService.newSqlEditor({ open: false, initalContent: content }) as UntitledQueryEditorInput;
+			queryEditorInput = await this.queryEditorService.newSqlEditor({ resource: this.editorService.isOpen(activeEditor) ? activeEditor.resource : undefined, open: false, initalContent: content }) as UntitledQueryEditorInput;
 		} else {
 			return undefined;
 		}
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/test/browser/queryInputFactory.test.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/test/browser/queryInputFactory.test.ts
index f8e18aed2f..5cfd2ea575 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/test/browser/queryInputFactory.test.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/test/browser/queryInputFactory.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { IUntitledTextEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/untitled/commo
 import { isThenable } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { IQueryEditorService } from 'sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/common/queryEditorService';
 import { QueryResultsInput } from 'sql/workbench/common/editor/query/queryResultsInput';
+import { extUri } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 
 suite('Query Input Factory', () => {
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ suite('Query Input Factory', () => {
 		const response = queryEditorLanguageAssociation.convertInput(input);
 		assert(isThenable(response));
 		await response;
-		assert(newsqlEditorStub.calledWithExactly({ open: false, initalContent: '' }));
+		assert(newsqlEditorStub.calledWithExactly({ resource: undefined, open: false, initalContent: '' }));
 		assert(connectionManagementService.numberConnects === 1, 'Convert input should have called connect when active editor connection exists');
 	});
 
@@ -134,6 +135,27 @@ suite('Query Input Factory', () => {
 		assert(connectionManagementService.numberConnects === 0, 'Convert input should not have been called connect when no global connections exist');
 	});
 
+	test('uses existing resource if provided', async () => {
+		const instantiationService = workbenchInstantiationService();
+		const editorService = new MockEditorService(instantiationService);
+		instantiationService.stub(IEditorService, editorService);
+		const queryEditorLanguageAssociation = instantiationService.createInstance(QueryEditorLanguageAssociation);
+		const untitledService = instantiationService.invokeFunction(accessor => accessor.get(IUntitledTextEditorService));
+		const queryeditorservice = instantiationService.invokeFunction(accessor => accessor.get(IQueryEditorService));
+		const input = instantiationService.createInstance(UntitledTextEditorInput, untitledService.create());
+		sinon.stub(editorService, 'isOpen', (editor: IEditorInput) => extUri.isEqual(editor.resource, input.resource));
+		const newsqlEditorStub = sinon.stub(queryeditorservice, 'newSqlEditor', () => {
+			const untitledInput = instantiationService.createInstance(UntitledTextEditorInput, untitledService.create());
+			const queryResultsInput: QueryResultsInput = instantiationService.createInstance(QueryResultsInput, untitledInput.resource.toString());
+			let queryInput = instantiationService.createInstance(UntitledQueryEditorInput, '', untitledInput, queryResultsInput);
+			return queryInput;
+		});
+		const response = queryEditorLanguageAssociation.convertInput(input);
+		assert(isThenable(response));
+		await response;
+		assert(newsqlEditorStub.calledWithExactly({ resource: input.resource, open: false, initalContent: '' }));
+	});
+
 });
 
 class ServiceAccessor {
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/browser/queryEditorService.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/browser/queryEditorService.ts
index 1ec009cce8..f44151d625 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/browser/queryEditorService.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/browser/queryEditorService.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ export class QueryEditorService implements IQueryEditorService {
 	public async newSqlEditor(options: INewSqlEditorOptions = {}): Promise<IConnectableInput> {
 		options = mixin(options, defaults, false);
 		// Create file path and file URI
-		let filePath = await this.createUntitledSqlFilePath();
-		let docUri: URI = URI.from({ scheme: Schemas.untitled, path: filePath });
+		let docUri: URI = options.resource ?? URI.from({ scheme: Schemas.untitled, path: await this.createUntitledSqlFilePath() });
 
 		// Create a sql document pane with accoutrements
 		const fileInput = this._editorService.createEditorInput({ forceUntitled: true, resource: docUri, mode: 'sql' }) as UntitledTextEditorInput;
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/common/queryEditorService.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/common/queryEditorService.ts
index 8a64e5c4ac..84b01701d4 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/common/queryEditorService.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/queryEditor/common/queryEditorService.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { createDecorator } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { IConnectableInput } from 'sql/platform/connection/common/connectionManagement';
 import { IEditorOptions } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
+import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 
 export interface IQueryEditorOptions extends IEditorOptions {
 
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ export interface INewSqlEditorOptions {
 	 * defaults to true
 	 */
 	open?: boolean;
+	/**
+	 * use an existing resource, if this matches a resource already open that resource will be opened instead
+	 */
+	resource?: URI
 }
 
 export interface IQueryEditorService {