diff --git a/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts b/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
index 077f396466b2a..dfa6ed9ea397c 100644
--- a/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
+++ b/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class RemoteExtensionsScannerService implements IRemoteExtensionsScannerS
 		if (extensionsToInstall) {
 			_logService.trace('Installing extensions passed via args...');
 			this._whenExtensionsReady
-				.then(() => _extensionManagementCLI.installExtensions(this._asExtensionIdOrVSIX(extensionsToInstall), [], { isMachineScoped: !!environmentService.args['do-not-sync'], installPreReleaseVersion: !!environmentService.args['pre-release'] }, !!environmentService.args['force']))
+				.then(() => _extensionManagementCLI.installExtensions(this._asExtensionIdOrVSIX(extensionsToInstall), [], { isMachineScoped: !!environmentService.args['do-not-sync'], installPreReleaseVersion: !!environmentService.args['pre-release'], isApplicationScoped: environmentService.args['all-profiles'] }, !!environmentService.args['force']))
 				.then(() => {
 					_logService.trace('Finished installing extensions');
 				}, error => {
diff --git a/src/vs/server/node/serverEnvironmentService.ts b/src/vs/server/node/serverEnvironmentService.ts
index 38d70707b0d99..bb44570333999 100644
--- a/src/vs/server/node/serverEnvironmentService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/server/node/serverEnvironmentService.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const serverOptions: OptionDescriptions<Required<ServerParsedArgs>> = {
 	'force': OPTIONS['force'],
 	'do-not-sync': OPTIONS['do-not-sync'],
 	'pre-release': OPTIONS['pre-release'],
+	'all-profiles': { type: 'boolean' },
 	'start-server': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'e', description: nls.localize('start-server', "Start the server when installing or uninstalling extensions. To be used in combination with 'install-extension', 'install-builtin-extension' and 'uninstall-extension'.") },
 
 
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export interface ServerParsedArgs {
 	force?: boolean; // used by install-extension
 	'do-not-sync'?: boolean; // used by install-extension
 	'pre-release'?: boolean; // used by install-extension
+	'all-profiles'?: boolean; // used by install-extension
 
 	'start-server'?: boolean;