diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
index 059ffcba78d..18d96189d65 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ const registry = Registry.as<IConfigurationRegistry>(ConfigurationExtensions.Con
 				tags: ['experimental'],
 				description: localize('workbench.editor.historyBasedLanguageDetection', "Enables use of editor history in language detection. This causes automatic language detection to favor languages that have been recently opened and allows for automatic language detection to operate with smaller inputs."),
 			},
+			'workbench.editor.preferHistoryBasedLanguageDetection': {
+				type: 'boolean',
+				default: false,
+				tags: ['experimental'],
+				description: localize('workbench.editor.preferBasedLanguageDetection', "When enabled, a language detection model that takes into account editor history will be given higher precedence."),
+			},
 			'workbench.editor.tabCloseButton': {
 				'type': 'string',
 				'enum': ['left', 'right', 'off'],