diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/environmentService.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/environmentService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecf3f1d6aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/environmentService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { memoize } from 'vs/base/common/decorators';
+import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
+import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
+import { NativeEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
+
+export class SharedProcessEnvironmentService extends NativeEnvironmentService {
+
+	@memoize
+	override get userRoamingDataHome(): URI { return this.appSettingsHome.with({ scheme: Schemas.userData }); }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
index 5c275e24541..f9a7b32ed76 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { DiagnosticsService } from 'vs/platform/diagnostics/node/diagnosticsServ
 import { IDownloadService } from 'vs/platform/download/common/download';
 import { DownloadService } from 'vs/platform/download/common/downloadService';
 import { INativeEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
-import { NativeEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
 import { GlobalExtensionEnablementService } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionEnablementService';
 import { ExtensionGalleryService } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService';
 import { IExtensionGalleryService, IExtensionManagementService, IExtensionTipsService, IGlobalExtensionEnablementService } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement';
@@ -95,6 +94,9 @@ import { IUserConfigurationFileService, UserConfigurationFileServiceId } from 'v
 import { AssignmentService } from 'vs/platform/assignment/common/assignmentService';
 import { IUriIdentityService } from 'vs/platform/uriIdentity/common/uriIdentity';
 import { UriIdentityService } from 'vs/platform/uriIdentity/common/uriIdentityService';
+import { IPCFileSystemProvider } from 'vs/platform/files/common/ipcFileSystemProvider';
+import { isLinux } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
+import { SharedProcessEnvironmentService } from 'vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/environmentService';
 
 class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable {
 
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable {
 		services.set(IMainProcessService, mainProcessService);
 
 		// Environment
-		const environmentService = new NativeEnvironmentService(this.configuration.args, productService);
+		const environmentService = new SharedProcessEnvironmentService(this.configuration.args, productService);
 		services.set(INativeEnvironmentService, environmentService);
 
 		// Logger
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable {
 		const diskFileSystemProvider = this._register(new DiskFileSystemProvider(logService));
 		fileService.registerProvider(Schemas.file, diskFileSystemProvider);
 
+		const userDataFileSystemProvider = this._register(new IPCFileSystemProvider(mainProcessService.getChannel('localFilesystem'), { pathCaseSensitive: !isLinux }));
+		fileService.registerProvider(Schemas.userData, userDataFileSystemProvider);
+
 		// Configuration
 		const configurationService = this._register(new ConfigurationService(environmentService.settingsResource, fileService));
 		services.set(IConfigurationService, configurationService);
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index 19c575b0f27..c543a2c4260 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 		assertType(diskFileSystemProvider instanceof DiskFileSystemProvider);
 		const fileSystemProviderChannel = new DiskFileSystemProviderChannel(diskFileSystemProvider, this.logService);
 		mainProcessElectronServer.registerChannel('localFilesystem', fileSystemProviderChannel);
+		sharedProcessClient.then(client => client.registerChannel('localFilesystem', fileSystemProviderChannel));
 
 		// User Configuration File
 		const userConfigurationFileService = new UserConfigurationFileService(this.environmentMainService, this.fileService, this.logService);