diff --git a/extensions/extension-editing/package.json b/extensions/extension-editing/package.json
index bbe7fb41a40..5b76995706a 100644
--- a/extensions/extension-editing/package.json
+++ b/extensions/extension-editing/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 		"Other"
 	],
 	"activationEvents": [
+		"onLanguage:json",
 		"onLanguage:typescript"
 	],
 	"main": "./out/extension",
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@
 		"compile": "gulp compile-extension:extension-editing",
 		"watch": "gulp watch-extension:extension-editing"
 	},
+	"dependencies": {
+		"jsonc-parser": "^0.3.1",
+		"vscode-nls": "^2.0.1"
+	},
 	"contributes": {
 		"jsonValidation": [
 			{
diff --git a/extensions/extension-editing/src/extension.ts b/extensions/extension-editing/src/extension.ts
index b7a41895542..d915e656b6b 100644
--- a/extensions/extension-editing/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/extension-editing/src/extension.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { PackageDocument } from './packageDocumentHelper';
 
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 	const registration = vscode.languages.registerDocumentLinkProvider({ language: 'typescript', pattern: '**/vscode.d.ts' }, _linkProvider);
 	context.subscriptions.push(registration);
+
+	//package.json suggestions
+	context.subscriptions.push(registerPackageDocumentCompletions());
 }
 
 const _linkProvider = new class implements vscode.DocumentLinkProvider {
@@ -101,3 +105,11 @@ namespace ast {
 		};
 	}
 }
+
+function registerPackageDocumentCompletions(): vscode.Disposable {
+	return vscode.languages.registerCompletionItemProvider({ language: 'json', pattern: '**/**/package.json' }, {
+		provideCompletionItems(document, position, token) {
+			return new PackageDocument(document).provideCompletionItems(position, token);
+		}
+	});
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/extension-editing/src/packageDocumentHelper.ts b/extensions/extension-editing/src/packageDocumentHelper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95edcda721d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/extension-editing/src/packageDocumentHelper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { getLocation, Location } from 'jsonc-parser';
+import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
+
+const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
+
+export class PackageDocument {
+
+	constructor(private document: vscode.TextDocument) { }
+
+	public provideCompletionItems(position: vscode.Position, token: vscode.CancellationToken): vscode.ProviderResult<vscode.CompletionItem[]> {
+		const location = getLocation(this.document.getText(), this.document.offsetAt(position));
+
+		if (location.path.length >= 2 && location.path[1] === 'configurationDefaults') {
+			return this.provideLanguageOverridesCompletionItems(location, position);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private provideLanguageOverridesCompletionItems(location: Location, position: vscode.Position): vscode.ProviderResult<vscode.CompletionItem[]> {
+		let range = this.document.getWordRangeAtPosition(position) || new vscode.Range(position, position);
+		const text = this.document.getText(range);
+
+		if (location.path.length === 2) {
+
+			let snippet = '"[${1:language}]": {\n\t"$0"\n}';
+
+			// Suggestion model word matching includes quotes,
+			// hence exclude the starting quote from the snippet and the range
+			// ending quote gets replaced
+			if (text.startsWith('"')) {
+				range = new vscode.Range(new vscode.Position(range.start.line, range.start.character + 1), range.end);
+				snippet = snippet.substring(1);
+			}
+
+			return Promise.resolve([this.newSnippetCompletionItem({
+				label: localize('languageSpecificEditorSettings', "Language specific editor settings"),
+				documentation: localize('languageSpecificEditorSettingsDescription', "Override editor settings for language"),
+				snippet,
+				range
+			})]);
+		}
+
+		if (location.path.length === 3 && location.previousNode && location.previousNode.value.startsWith('[')) {
+
+			// Suggestion model word matching includes starting quote and open sqaure bracket
+			// Hence exclude them from the proposal range
+			range = new vscode.Range(new vscode.Position(range.start.line, range.start.character + 2), range.end);
+
+			return vscode.languages.getLanguages().then(languages => {
+				return languages.map(l => {
+
+					// Suggestion model word matching includes closed sqaure bracket and ending quote
+					// Hence include them in the proposal to replace
+					return this.newSimpleCompletionItem(l, range, '', l + ']"');
+				});
+			});
+		}
+		return Promise.resolve([]);
+	}
+
+	private newSimpleCompletionItem(text: string, range: vscode.Range, description?: string, insertText?: string): vscode.CompletionItem {
+		const item = new vscode.CompletionItem(text);
+		item.kind = vscode.CompletionItemKind.Value;
+		item.detail = description;
+		item.insertText = insertText ? insertText : text;
+		item.range = range;
+		return item;
+	}
+
+	private newSnippetCompletionItem(o: { label: string; documentation?: string; snippet: string; range: vscode.Range; }): vscode.CompletionItem {
+		const item = new vscode.CompletionItem(o.label);
+		item.kind = vscode.CompletionItemKind.Value;
+		item.documentation = o.documentation;
+		item.insertText = new vscode.SnippetString(o.snippet);
+		item.range = o.range;
+		return item;
+	}
+}