diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
index 6be28453e0e..5671d49d301 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient extends Disposable implements IType
 		this.bufferSyncSupport.reset();
 
 		const watchOptions = this.apiVersion.gte(API.v380)
-			? vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('typescript').get<Proto.WatchOptions | undefined>('tsserver.watchOptions')
+			? this.configuration.watchOptions
 			: undefined;
 
 		const configureOptions: Proto.ConfigureRequestArguments = {
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
index 25315feab3c..f42b0c780b2 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
  *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import * as arrays from './arrays';
+
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import * as objects from '../utils/objects';
+import * as arrays from './arrays';
 
 export enum TsServerLogLevel {
 	Off,
@@ -50,13 +52,14 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 	public readonly localTsdk: string | null;
 	public readonly npmLocation: string | null;
 	public readonly tsServerLogLevel: TsServerLogLevel = TsServerLogLevel.Off;
-	public readonly tsServerPluginPaths: string[];
+	public readonly tsServerPluginPaths: readonly string[];
 	public readonly checkJs: boolean;
 	public readonly experimentalDecorators: boolean;
 	public readonly disableAutomaticTypeAcquisition: boolean;
 	public readonly useSeparateSyntaxServer: boolean;
 	public readonly enableProjectDiagnostics: boolean;
 	public readonly maxTsServerMemory: number;
+	public readonly watchOptions: protocol.WatchOptions | undefined;
 
 	public static loadFromWorkspace(): TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 		return new TypeScriptServiceConfiguration();
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 		this.useSeparateSyntaxServer = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readUseSeparateSyntaxServer(configuration);
 		this.enableProjectDiagnostics = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readEnableProjectDiagnostics(configuration);
 		this.maxTsServerMemory = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readMaxTsServerMemory(configuration);
+		this.watchOptions = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readWatchOptions(configuration);
 	}
 
 	public isEqualTo(other: TypeScriptServiceConfiguration): boolean {
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 			&& arrays.equals(this.tsServerPluginPaths, other.tsServerPluginPaths)
 			&& this.useSeparateSyntaxServer === other.useSeparateSyntaxServer
 			&& this.enableProjectDiagnostics === other.enableProjectDiagnostics
-			&& this.maxTsServerMemory === other.maxTsServerMemory;
+			&& this.maxTsServerMemory === other.maxTsServerMemory
+			&& objects.equals(this.watchOptions, other.watchOptions);
 	}
 
 	private static fixPathPrefixes(inspectValue: string): string {
@@ -157,6 +162,10 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 		return configuration.get<boolean>('typescript.tsserver.experimental.enableProjectDiagnostics', false);
 	}
 
+	private static readWatchOptions(configuration: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration): protocol.WatchOptions | undefined {
+		return configuration.get<protocol.WatchOptions>('typescript.tsserver.watchOptions');
+	}
+
 	private static readMaxTsServerMemory(configuration: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration): number {
 		const defaultMaxMemory = 3072;
 		const minimumMaxMemory = 128;
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/objects.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/objects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a31467bd8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/objects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import * as array from './arrays';
+
+export function equals(one: any, other: any): boolean {
+	if (one === other) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (one === null || one === undefined || other === null || other === undefined) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (typeof one !== typeof other) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (typeof one !== 'object') {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (Array.isArray(one) !== Array.isArray(other)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (Array.isArray(one)) {
+		return array.equals(one, other, equals);
+	} else {
+		const oneKeys: string[] = [];
+		for (const key in one) {
+			oneKeys.push(key);
+		}
+		oneKeys.sort();
+		const otherKeys: string[] = [];
+		for (const key in other) {
+			otherKeys.push(key);
+		}
+		otherKeys.sort();
+		if (!array.equals(oneKeys, otherKeys)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return oneKeys.every(key => equals(one[key], other[key]));
+	}
+}