diff --git a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/abstractPluginService.ts b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/abstractPluginService.ts
index 28cccff354f..70f04a078b7 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/abstractPluginService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/abstractPluginService.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import nls = require('vs/nls');
-import {IPluginDescription, IPluginService, IMessage, IPointListener, IActivationEventListener } from 'vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins';
+import {IPluginDescription, IPluginService, IMessage, IPointListener, IActivationEventListener, IPluginStatus } from 'vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins';
 import WinJS = require('vs/base/common/winjs.base');
 import {IDisposable} from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import Errors = require('vs/base/common/errors');
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ export abstract class AbstractPluginService implements IPluginService {
 		return this.activatedPlugins[pluginId].exports;
 	}
 
+	public getPluginsStatus(): { [id: string]: IPluginStatus } {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	public isActivated(pluginId:string): boolean {
 		return hasOwnProperty.call(this.activatedPlugins, pluginId);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/nativePluginService.ts b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/nativePluginService.ts
index d69012b650c..3b4847b3620 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/nativePluginService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/nativePluginService.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 'use strict';
 
-import {IPluginDescription, IMessage} from 'vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins';
+import {IPluginDescription, IMessage, IPluginStatus} from 'vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins';
 import {PluginsRegistry} from 'vs/platform/plugins/common/pluginsRegistry';
 import WinJS = require('vs/base/common/winjs.base');
 import {Remotable, IThreadService} from 'vs/platform/thread/common/thread';
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class MainProcessPluginService extends AbstractPluginService {
 	private _telemetryService: ITelemetryService;
 	private _proxy: PluginHostPluginService;
 	private _isDev: boolean;
+	private _pluginsStatus: { [id: string]: IPluginStatus };
 
 	/**
 	 * This class is constructed manually because it is a service, so it doesn't use any ctor injection
@@ -83,8 +84,13 @@ export class MainProcessPluginService extends AbstractPluginService {
 		this._threadService = threadService;
 		this._telemetryService = telemetryService;
 		this._proxy = this._threadService.getRemotable(PluginHostPluginService);
+		this._pluginsStatus = {};
 
 		PluginsRegistry.handleExtensionPoints((severity, source, message) => {
+			if (!this._pluginsStatus[source]) {
+				this._pluginsStatus[source] = { messages: [] };
+			}
+			this._pluginsStatus[source].messages.push({ type: severity, source, message });
 			this.showMessage(severity, source, message);
 		});
 	}
@@ -158,6 +164,10 @@ export class MainProcessPluginService extends AbstractPluginService {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public getPluginsStatus(): { [id: string]: IPluginStatus } {
+		return this._pluginsStatus;
+	}
+
 	// -- overwriting AbstractPluginService
 
 	protected _actualActivatePlugin(pluginDescription: IPluginDescription): WinJS.TPromise<ActivatedPlugin> {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins.ts b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins.ts
index 3825edbea9c..42335e24bd5 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/plugins/common/plugins.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export interface IMessage {
 	source: string;
 }
 
+export interface IPluginStatus {
+	messages: IMessage[];
+}
+
 export interface IPluginService {
 	serviceId: ServiceIdentifier<any>;
 	activateByEvent(activationEvent:string): TPromise<any>;
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ export interface IPluginService {
 
 	get(pluginId:string): any;
 	onReady(): TPromise<boolean>;
+	getPluginsStatus(): { [id: string]: IPluginStatus };
 }
 
 export var INSTANCE:IPluginService = null;
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