diff --git a/build/builtin/main.js b/build/builtin/main.js
index 93cef8cbdad..7379de7a93d 100644
--- a/build/builtin/main.js
+++ b/build/builtin/main.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 let window = null;
 
 app.once('ready', () => {
-	window = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, webviewTag: true, enableWebSQL: false } });
+	window = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, webviewTag: true, enableWebSQL: false, nativeWindowOpen: true } });
 	window.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
 	window.loadURL(url.format({ pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'), protocol: 'file:', slashes: true }));
 	// window.webContents.openDevTools();
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
index 83597f68e02..b32f73c9a2f 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/auth.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ export class ProxyAuthHandler extends Disposable {
 			webPreferences: {
 				nodeIntegration: true,
 				webviewTag: true,
-				enableWebSQL: false
+				enableWebSQL: false,
+				nativeWindowOpen: true
 			}
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 7ace2583d75..b6e38cc4238 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class SharedProcess implements ISharedProcess {
 				nodeIntegration: true,
 				webgl: false,
 				enableWebSQL: false,
+				nativeWindowOpen: true,
 				disableBlinkFeatures: 'Auxclick' // do NOT change, allows us to identify this window as shared-process in the process explorer
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
index a98bf7a6703..59d1370d18a 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ export class CodeWindow extends Disposable implements ICodeWindow {
 					nodeIntegration: true,
 					nodeIntegrationInWorker: RUN_TEXTMATE_IN_WORKER,
 					webviewTag: true,
-					enableWebSQL: false
+					enableWebSQL: false,
+					nativeWindowOpen: true
 				}
 			};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/issue/electron-main/issueMainService.ts b/src/vs/platform/issue/electron-main/issueMainService.ts
index 561fb1ad169..2d0030b498f 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/issue/electron-main/issueMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/issue/electron-main/issueMainService.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ export class IssueMainService implements ICommonIssueService {
 						webPreferences: {
 							preload: URI.parse(require.toUrl('vs/base/parts/sandbox/electron-browser/preload.js')).fsPath,
 							nodeIntegration: true,
-							enableWebSQL: false
+							enableWebSQL: false,
+							nativeWindowOpen: true
 						}
 					});
 
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ export class IssueMainService implements ICommonIssueService {
 						webPreferences: {
 							preload: URI.parse(require.toUrl('vs/base/parts/sandbox/electron-browser/preload.js')).fsPath,
 							nodeIntegration: true,
-							enableWebSQL: false
+							enableWebSQL: false,
+							nativeWindowOpen: true
 						}
 					});
 
diff --git a/test/unit/electron/index.js b/test/unit/electron/index.js
index 1911ffc1772..c96cd1ee5a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/electron/index.js
+++ b/test/unit/electron/index.js
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 			webSecurity: false,
 			webviewTag: true,
 			preload: path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'src', 'vs', 'base', 'parts', 'sandbox', 'electron-browser', 'preload.js'), // ensure similar environment as VSCode as tests may depend on this
-			enableWebSQL: false
+			enableWebSQL: false,
+			nativeWindowOpen: true
 		}
 	});