diff --git a/extensions/typescript/package.json b/extensions/typescript/package.json
index a44dc019b4b..b76a143d7b4 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/package.json
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@
           "description": "%typescript.quickSuggestionsForPaths%",
           "scope": "resource"
         },
+        "typescript.autoImportSuggestions.enabled": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "%typescript.autoImportSuggestions.enabled%",
+          "scope": "resource"
+        },
         "typescript.locale": {
           "type": [
             "string",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/package.nls.json b/extensions/typescript/package.nls.json
index 02f0323b4f2..34285208428 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/package.nls.json
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
 	"typescript.problemMatchers.tscWatch.label": "TypeScript problems (watch mode)",
 	"typescript.quickSuggestionsForPaths": "Enable/disable quick suggestions when typing out an import path.",
 	"typescript.locale": "Sets the locale used to report TypeScript errors. Requires TypeScript >= 2.6.0. Default of 'null' uses VS Code's locale for TypeScript errors.",
-	"javascript.implicitProjectConfig.experimentalDecorators": "Enable/disable 'experimentalDecorators' for JavaScript files that are not part of a project. Existing jsconfig.json or tsconfig.json files override this setting. Requires TypeScript >=2.3.1"
+	"javascript.implicitProjectConfig.experimentalDecorators": "Enable/disable 'experimentalDecorators' for JavaScript files that are not part of a project. Existing jsconfig.json or tsconfig.json files override this setting. Requires TypeScript >=2.3.1.",
+	"typescript.autoImportSuggestions.enabled": "Enable/disable auto import suggestions. Requires TypeScript >=2.6.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
index 7996c341e52..4d5b85e88f4 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
@@ -127,12 +127,15 @@ interface Configuration {
 	useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest: boolean;
 	nameSuggestions: boolean;
 	quickSuggestionsForPaths: boolean;
+	autoImportSuggestions: boolean;
 }
 
 namespace Configuration {
 	export const useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest = 'useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest';
 	export const nameSuggestions = 'nameSuggestions';
 	export const quickSuggestionsForPaths = 'quickSuggestionsForPaths';
+	export const autoImportSuggestions = 'autoImportSuggestions.enabled';
+
 }
 
 export default class TypeScriptCompletionItemProvider implements CompletionItemProvider {
@@ -242,6 +245,9 @@ export default class TypeScriptCompletionItemProvider implements CompletionItemP
 					if (element.kind === PConst.Kind.warning && !config.nameSuggestions) {
 						continue;
 					}
+					if (!config.autoImportSuggestions && element.hasAction) {
+						continue;
+					}
 					const item = new MyCompletionItem(position, document, element, enableDotCompletions, config.useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest);
 					completionItems.push(item);
 				}
@@ -361,6 +367,7 @@ export default class TypeScriptCompletionItemProvider implements CompletionItemP
 		return {
 			useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest: typeScriptConfig.get<boolean>(Configuration.useCodeSnippetsOnMethodSuggest, false),
 			quickSuggestionsForPaths: typeScriptConfig.get<boolean>(Configuration.quickSuggestionsForPaths, true),
+			autoImportSuggestions: typeScriptConfig.get<boolean>(Configuration.autoImportSuggestions, true),
 			nameSuggestions: workspace.getConfiguration('javascript', resource).get(Configuration.nameSuggestions, true)
 		};
 	}