diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
index 5b9d01c69d1..846c1a69d7c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
@@ -685,6 +685,12 @@
           "default": true,
           "description": "%configuration.tsserver.useSeparateSyntaxServer%",
           "scope": "window"
+        },
+        "typescript.tsserver.maxTsServerMemory": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "default": 0,
+          "description": "%configuration.tsserver.maxTsServerMemory%",
+          "scope": "window"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
index 1282c67429d..fba54ea6c5c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	"typescript.problemMatchers.tscWatch.label": "TypeScript problems (watch mode)",
 	"configuration.suggest.paths": "Enable/disable suggestions for paths in import statements and require calls.",
 	"configuration.tsserver.useSeparateSyntaxServer": "Enable/disable spawning a separate TypeScript server that can more quickly respond to syntax related operations, such as calculating folding or computing document symbols. Requires using TypeScript 3.4.0 or newer in the workspace.",
+	"configuration.tsserver.maxTsServerMemory": "Set the maximum amount of memory (in MB) to allocate to the TypeScript server process",
 	"typescript.locale": "Sets the locale used to report JavaScript and TypeScript errors. Requires using TypeScript 2.6.0 or newer in the workspace. Default of `null` uses VS Code's locale.",
 	"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 using TypeScript 2.3.1 or newer in the workspace.",
 	"configuration.suggest.autoImports": "Enable/disable auto import suggestions. Requires using TypeScript 2.6.1 or newer in the workspace.",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
index de55136d020..5b50c22f142 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 		}
 
 		this._logger.info(`<${kind}> Forking...`);
-		const childProcess = electron.fork(version.tsServerPath, args, this.getForkOptions(kind));
+		const childProcess = electron.fork(version.tsServerPath, args, this.getForkOptions(kind, configuration));
 		this._logger.info(`<${kind}> Starting...`);
 
 		return new ProcessBasedTsServer(
@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 			this._tracer);
 	}
 
-	private getForkOptions(kind: ServerKind) {
+	private getForkOptions(kind: ServerKind, configuration: TypeScriptServiceConfiguration) {
 		const debugPort = TypeScriptServerSpawner.getDebugPort(kind);
 		const tsServerForkOptions: electron.ForkOptions = {
-			execArgv: debugPort ? [`--inspect=${debugPort}`] : [],
+			execArgv: [
+				...(debugPort ? [`--inspect=${debugPort}`] : []),
+				...(configuration.maxTsServerMemory ? [`--max-old-space-size=${configuration.maxTsServerMemory}`] : [])
+			]
 		};
 		return tsServerForkOptions;
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
index f0e602e810a..bf9c9e7493f 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/configuration.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 	public readonly experimentalDecorators: boolean;
 	public readonly disableAutomaticTypeAcquisition: boolean;
 	public readonly useSeparateSyntaxServer: boolean;
+	public readonly maxTsServerMemory: number;
 
 	public static loadFromWorkspace(): TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 		return new TypeScriptServiceConfiguration();
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 		this.experimentalDecorators = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readExperimentalDecorators(configuration);
 		this.disableAutomaticTypeAcquisition = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readDisableAutomaticTypeAcquisition(configuration);
 		this.useSeparateSyntaxServer = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readUseSeparateSyntaxServer(configuration);
+		this.maxTsServerMemory = TypeScriptServiceConfiguration.readMaxTsServerMemory(configuration);
 	}
 
 	public isEqualTo(other: TypeScriptServiceConfiguration): boolean {
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 			&& this.experimentalDecorators === other.experimentalDecorators
 			&& this.disableAutomaticTypeAcquisition === other.disableAutomaticTypeAcquisition
 			&& arrays.equals(this.tsServerPluginPaths, other.tsServerPluginPaths)
-			&& this.useSeparateSyntaxServer === other.useSeparateSyntaxServer;
+			&& this.useSeparateSyntaxServer === other.useSeparateSyntaxServer
+			&& this.maxTsServerMemory === other.maxTsServerMemory;
 	}
 
 	private static fixPathPrefixes(inspectValue: string): string {
@@ -146,4 +149,12 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 	private static readUseSeparateSyntaxServer(configuration: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration): boolean {
 		return configuration.get<boolean>('typescript.tsserver.useSeparateSyntaxServer', true);
 	}
+
+	private static readMaxTsServerMemory(configuration: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration): number {
+		const memoryInMB = configuration.get<number>('typescript.tsserver.maxTsServerMemory', 0);
+		if (!Number.isSafeInteger(memoryInMB) || memoryInMB < 128) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return memoryInMB;
+	}
 }