diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.ts
index bb3cbfbca7b..785db7edd43 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ const args = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
 
 // custom process.exit logic...
 const nativeExit: IExitFn = process.exit.bind(process);
+const nativeOn = process.on.bind(process);
 function patchProcess(allowExit: boolean) {
 	process.exit = function (code?: number) {
 		if (allowExit) {
@@ -97,6 +98,23 @@ function patchProcess(allowExit: boolean) {
 	// on the desktop.
 	// Refs https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/151012#issuecomment-1156593228
 	process.env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'] = '1';
+
+	process.on = <any>function (event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void) {
+		if (event === 'uncaughtException') {
+			listener = function () {
+				try {
+					return listener.call(undefined, arguments);
+				} catch {
+					// DO NOT HANDLE NOR PRINT the error here because this can and will lead to
+					// more errors which will cause error handling to be reentrant and eventually
+					// overflowing the stack. Do not be sad, we do handle and annotate uncaught
+					// errors properly in 'extensionHostMain'
+				}
+			};
+		}
+		nativeOn(event, listener);
+	};
+
 }
 
 interface IRendererConnection {