diff --git a/extensions/emmet/package.json b/extensions/emmet/package.json
index dea1a8fae08..0766cda7bc4 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/package.json
+++ b/extensions/emmet/package.json
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@
               "type": "number",
               "default": 0.3,
               "description": "%emmetPreferencesCssFuzzySearchMinScore%"
+            },
+            "output.reverseAttributes": {
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false,
+              "description": "%emmetPreferencesOutputReverseAttributes%"
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/package.nls.json b/extensions/emmet/package.nls.json
index 2a1add8935e..8e168ec4c4e 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/emmet/package.nls.json
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@
 	"emmetPreferencesCssOProperties": "Comma separated CSS properties that get the 'o' vendor prefix when used in Emmet abbreviation that starts with `-`. Set to empty string to always avoid the 'o' prefix.",
 	"emmetPreferencesCssMsProperties": "Comma separated CSS properties that get the 'ms' vendor prefix when used in Emmet abbreviation that starts with `-`. Set to empty string to always avoid the 'ms' prefix.",
 	"emmetPreferencesCssFuzzySearchMinScore": "The minimum score (from 0 to 1) that fuzzy-matched abbreviation should achieve. Lower values may produce many false-positive matches, higher values may reduce possible matches.",
-	"emmetOptimizeStylesheetParsing": "When set to `false`, the whole file is parsed to determine if current position is valid for expanding Emmet abbreviations. When set to `true`, only the content around the current position in css/scss/less files is parsed."
+	"emmetOptimizeStylesheetParsing": "When set to `false`, the whole file is parsed to determine if current position is valid for expanding Emmet abbreviations. When set to `true`, only the content around the current position in css/scss/less files is parsed.",
+	"emmetPreferencesOutputReverseAttributes": "If `true`, reverses attribute merging directions when resolving snippets."
 }