diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index 68358c52..e1a93e3f 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export const JAVA_INFER_LAUNCH_COMMAND_LENGTH = "vscode.java.inferLaunchCommandL
 
 export const JAVA_CHECK_PROJECT_SETTINGS = "vscode.java.checkProjectSettings";
 
+export const JAVA_RESOLVE_ELEMENT_AT_SELECTION = "vscode.java.resolveElementAtSelection";
+
 export function executeJavaLanguageServerCommand(...rest) {
     // TODO: need to handle error and trace telemetry
     if (!utility.isJavaExtEnabled()) {
diff --git a/src/debugCodeLensProvider.ts b/src/debugCodeLensProvider.ts
index 1bae3e40..140200aa 100644
--- a/src/debugCodeLensProvider.ts
+++ b/src/debugCodeLensProvider.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { instrumentOperationAsVsCodeCommand } from "vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper";
 
 import { JAVA_LANGID } from "./constants";
+import { initializeHoverProvider } from "./hoverProvider";
 import { IMainMethod, resolveMainMethod } from "./languageServerPlugin";
 import { getJavaExtensionAPI, isJavaExtEnabled } from "./utility";
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class DebugCodeLensContainer implements vscode.Disposable {
     private runCommand: vscode.Disposable;
     private debugCommand: vscode.Disposable;
     private lensProvider: vscode.Disposable | undefined;
+    private hoverProvider: vscode.Disposable | undefined;
     private configurationEvent: vscode.Disposable;
 
     constructor() {
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ class DebugCodeLensContainer implements vscode.Disposable {
 
         if (isCodeLensEnabled) {
             this.lensProvider = vscode.languages.registerCodeLensProvider(JAVA_LANGID, new DebugCodeLensProvider());
+        } else {
+            this.hoverProvider = initializeHoverProvider();
         }
 
         this.configurationEvent = vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration((event: vscode.ConfigurationChangeEvent) =>  {
@@ -60,6 +64,13 @@ class DebugCodeLensContainer implements vscode.Disposable {
                     this.lensProvider.dispose();
                     this.lensProvider = undefined;
                 }
+
+                if (newEnabled && this.hoverProvider) {
+                    this.hoverProvider.dispose();
+                    this.hoverProvider = undefined;
+                } else if (!newEnabled && !this.hoverProvider) {
+                    this.hoverProvider = initializeHoverProvider();
+                }
             }
         }, this);
     }
@@ -68,6 +79,9 @@ class DebugCodeLensContainer implements vscode.Disposable {
         if (this.lensProvider !== undefined) {
             this.lensProvider.dispose();
         }
+        if (this.hoverProvider) {
+            this.hoverProvider.dispose();
+        }
         this.runCommand.dispose();
         this.debugCommand.dispose();
         this.configurationEvent.dispose();
diff --git a/src/hoverProvider.ts b/src/hoverProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b72ca881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hoverProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+import { CancellationToken, Command, Disposable, Hover, HoverProvider, languages, MarkdownString, Position, ProviderResult, TextDocument,
+    Uri, window } from "vscode";
+import { instrumentOperationAsVsCodeCommand } from "vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper";
+import { JAVA_LANGID } from "./constants";
+import { startDebugging } from "./debugCodeLensProvider";
+import { resolveElementAtSelection } from "./languageServerPlugin";
+
+const JAVA_HOVER_RUN_COMMAND = "java.debug.runHover";
+const MAIN_METHOD_REGEX = /^(public|static|final|synchronized|\s+){4,}void\s+main\s*\(\s*String\s*\[\s*\]\s*\w+\s*\)\s*($|\{)/;
+
+export function initializeHoverProvider(): Disposable {
+    return new DebugHoverProvider();
+}
+
+class DebugHoverProvider implements Disposable {
+    private runHoverCommand: Disposable;
+    private hoverProvider: Disposable | undefined;
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.runHoverCommand = instrumentOperationAsVsCodeCommand(JAVA_HOVER_RUN_COMMAND, async (noDebug: boolean, uri: string, position: any) => {
+            const element = await resolveElementAtSelection(uri, position.line, position.character);
+            if (element && element.hasMainMethod) {
+                startDebugging(element.declaringType, element.projectName, Uri.parse(uri), noDebug);
+            } else {
+                window.showErrorMessage("The hovered element is not a main method.");
+            }
+        });
+        this.hoverProvider = languages.registerHoverProvider(JAVA_LANGID, new InternalDebugHoverProvider());
+    }
+
+    public dispose() {
+        if (this.runHoverCommand) {
+            this.runHoverCommand.dispose();
+        }
+
+        if (this.hoverProvider) {
+            this.hoverProvider.dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class InternalDebugHoverProvider implements HoverProvider {
+    public provideHover(document: TextDocument, position: Position, token: CancellationToken): ProviderResult<Hover> {
+        const range = document.getWordRangeAtPosition(position, /\w+/);
+        if (!range || document.getText(range) !== "main") {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const line = document.lineAt(position);
+        if (MAIN_METHOD_REGEX.test(line.text.trim()) && this.isMainMethod(line.text.trim())) {
+            const commands: Command[] = [
+                {
+                    title: "Run",
+                    command: JAVA_HOVER_RUN_COMMAND,
+                    tooltip: "Run Java Program",
+                    arguments: [ true, document.uri.toString(), { line: position.line, character: position.character }],
+                },
+                {
+                    title: "Debug",
+                    command: JAVA_HOVER_RUN_COMMAND,
+                    tooltip: "Debug Java Program",
+                    arguments: [ false, document.uri.toString(), { line: position.line, character: position.character }],
+                },
+            ];
+            const contributed = new MarkdownString(commands.map((command) => this.convertCommandToMarkdown(command)).join(" | "));
+            contributed.isTrusted = true;
+            return new Hover(contributed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private isMainMethod(line: string): boolean {
+        const modifier: string = line.substring(0, line.indexOf("main"));
+        const modifiers: string[] = modifier.split(/\s+/);
+        return modifiers.indexOf("public") >= 0 && modifiers.indexOf("static") >= 0;
+    }
+
+    private convertCommandToMarkdown(command: Command): string {
+        return `[${command.title}](command:${command.command}?` +
+            `${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(command.arguments || []))} "${command.tooltip || command.command}")`;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/languageServerPlugin.ts b/src/languageServerPlugin.ts
index 23e5dfa2..9d67f0a3 100644
--- a/src/languageServerPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/languageServerPlugin.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 
 import * as commands from "./commands";
-import { logger, Type } from "./logger";
-import * as utility from "./utility";
 
 export interface IMainClassOption {
     readonly mainClass: string;
@@ -75,3 +73,7 @@ export async function detectPreviewFlag(className: string, projectName: string):
     };
     return checkProjectSettings(className, projectName, true, expectedOptions);
 }
+
+export function resolveElementAtSelection(uri: string, line: number, character: number): Promise<any> {
+    return <Promise<any>>commands.executeJavaLanguageServerCommand(commands.JAVA_RESOLVE_ELEMENT_AT_SELECTION, uri, line, character);
+}