diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/smartSelect/smartSelect.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/smartSelect/smartSelect.ts
index 06ad8b73d77..c1fb4a04ffc 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/smartSelect/smartSelect.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/smartSelect/smartSelect.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as arrays from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 import { CancellationToken } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
 import { KeyCode, KeyMod } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 import { ICodeEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
-import { EditorAction, IActionOptions, registerEditorAction, registerEditorContribution, ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorExtensions';
+import { EditorAction, IActionOptions, registerEditorAction, registerEditorContribution, ServicesAccessor, registerDefaultLanguageCommand } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorExtensions';
 import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
 import { IEditorContribution } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
@@ -258,3 +258,7 @@ export function provideSelectionRanges(model: ITextModel, position: Position, to
 		return result;
 	});
 }
+
+registerDefaultLanguageCommand('_executeSelectionRangeProvider', function (model, position) {
+	return provideSelectionRanges(model, position, CancellationToken.None);
+});
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
index 7eb6e84e197..bfee1376f3b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import { ExtHostCommands } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostCommands';
 import { CustomCodeAction } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLanguageFeatures';
 import { ICommandsExecutor, PreviewHTMLAPICommand, OpenFolderAPICommand, DiffAPICommand, OpenAPICommand, RemoveFromRecentlyOpenedAPICommand, SetEditorLayoutAPICommand } from './apiCommands';
 import { EditorGroupLayout } from 'vs/workbench/services/group/common/editorGroupsService';
-import { isFalsyOrEmpty } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
+import { isFalsyOrEmpty, isNonEmptyArray } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
+import { IRange } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
 
 export class ExtHostApiCommands {
 
@@ -195,7 +196,14 @@ export class ExtHostApiCommands {
 			],
 			returns: 'A promise that resolves to an array of ColorPresentation objects.'
 		});
-
+		this._register('vscode.executeSelectionRangeProvider', this._executeSelectionRangeProvider, {
+			description: 'Execute selection range provider.',
+			args: [
+				{ name: 'uri', description: 'Uri of a text document', constraint: URI },
+				{ name: 'position', description: 'Position in a text document', constraint: types.Position }
+			],
+			returns: 'A promise that resolves to an array of ranges.'
+		});
 
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------------
 		// The following commands are registered on both sides separately.
@@ -413,6 +421,19 @@ export class ExtHostApiCommands {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private _executeSelectionRangeProvider(resource: URI, position: types.Position): Thenable<types.Range[]> {
+		const args = {
+			resource,
+			position: position && typeConverters.Position.from(position)
+		};
+		return this._commands.executeCommand<IRange[]>('_executeSelectionRangeProvider', args).then(result => {
+			if (isNonEmptyArray(result)) {
+				return result.map(typeConverters.Range.to);
+			}
+			return [];
+		});
+	}
+
 	private _executeColorPresentationProvider(color: types.Color, context: { uri: URI, range: types.Range }): Thenable<types.ColorPresentation[]> {
 		const args = {
 			resource: context.uri,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostApiCommands.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostApiCommands.test.ts
index 863ca25a002..8733ce75192 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostApiCommands.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostApiCommands.test.ts
@@ -765,4 +765,20 @@ suite('ExtHostLanguageFeatureCommands', function () {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+
+	// --- selection ranges
+
+	test('Links, back and forth', async function () {
+
+		disposables.push(extHost.registerSelectionRangeProvider(nullExtensionDescription, defaultSelector, <vscode.SelectionRangeProvider>{
+			provideSelectionRanges() {
+				return [new types.Range(0, 10, 0, 18), new types.Range(0, 2, 0, 20)];
+			}
+		}));
+
+		await rpcProtocol.sync();
+		let value = await commands.executeCommand<vscode.DocumentLink[]>('vscode.executeSelectionRangeProvider', model.uri, new types.Position(0, 0));
+		assert.ok(value.length >= 2);
+	});
+
 });
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostLanguageFeatures.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostLanguageFeatures.test.ts
index b26fc7427af..64b1ac47ed8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostLanguageFeatures.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostLanguageFeatures.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { setUnexpectedErrorHandler, errorHandler } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import * as types from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTypes';
 import { TextModel as EditorModel } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
-import { Position as EditorPosition } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
+import { Position as EditorPosition, Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { Range as EditorRange } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
 import { TestRPCProtocol } from './testRPCProtocol';
 import { IMarkerService } from 'vs/platform/markers/common/markers';
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { ITextModel, EndOfLineSequence } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 import { getColors } from 'vs/editor/contrib/colorPicker/color';
 import { CancellationToken } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
 import { nullExtensionDescription as defaultExtension } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensions';
+import { provideSelectionRanges } from 'vs/editor/contrib/smartSelect/smartSelect';
 
 const defaultSelector = { scheme: 'far' };
 const model: ITextModel = EditorModel.createFromString(
@@ -1222,4 +1223,20 @@ suite('ExtHostLanguageFeatures', function () {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+
+	// -- selection ranges
+
+	test('Selection Ranges, data conversion', async function () {
+		disposables.push(extHost.registerSelectionRangeProvider(defaultExtension, defaultSelector, <vscode.SelectionRangeProvider>{
+			provideSelectionRanges() {
+				return [new types.Range(0, 10, 0, 18), new types.Range(0, 2, 0, 20)];
+			}
+		}));
+
+		await rpcProtocol.sync();
+
+		provideSelectionRanges(model, new Position(1, 17), CancellationToken.None).then(ranges => {
+			assert.ok(ranges.length >= 2);
+		});
+	});
 });