diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTask.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTask.ts
index cc6abfc2eae..a779de27b58 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTask.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTask.ts
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ export class MainThreadTask implements MainThreadTaskShape {
 			},
 			getDefaultShellAndArgs: (): Promise<{ shell: string, args: string[] | string | undefined }> => {
 				return Promise.resolve(this._proxy.$getDefaultShellAndArgs());
+			},
+			findExecutable: (command: string, cwd?: string, paths?: string[]): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+				return this._proxy.$findExecutable(command, cwd, paths);
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
index 98dd1bcafcc..9ab54e1f7b0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ export interface ExtHostTaskShape {
 	$resolveVariables(workspaceFolder: UriComponents, toResolve: { process?: { name: string; cwd?: string; }, variables: string[]; }): Promise<{ process?: string; variables: { [key: string]: string; }; }>;
 	$getDefaultShellAndArgs(): Thenable<{ shell: string, args: string[] | string | undefined; }>;
 	$jsonTasksSupported(): Thenable<boolean>;
+	$findExecutable(command: string, cwd?: string, paths?: string[]): Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
 export interface IBreakpointDto {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
index 6bf128644e9..05d67b09eab 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
@@ -679,7 +679,9 @@ export abstract class ExtHostTaskBase implements ExtHostTaskShape, IExtHostTask
 		}
 	}
 
-	public abstract async $jsonTasksSupported(): Promise<boolean>;
+	public abstract $jsonTasksSupported(): Promise<boolean>;
+
+	public abstract $findExecutable(command: string, cwd?: string | undefined, paths?: string[] | undefined): Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
 export class WorkerExtHostTask extends ExtHostTaskBase {
@@ -775,6 +777,10 @@ export class WorkerExtHostTask extends ExtHostTaskBase {
 	public async $jsonTasksSupported(): Promise<boolean> {
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	public async $findExecutable(command: string, cwd?: string | undefined, paths?: string[] | undefined): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		return undefined;
+	}
 }
 
 export const IExtHostTask = createDecorator<IExtHostTask>('IExtHostTask');
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTask.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTask.ts
index 8d3d6b3861d..ad10c7cb61e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTask.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTask.ts
@@ -195,4 +195,8 @@ export class ExtHostTask extends ExtHostTaskBase {
 	public async $jsonTasksSupported(): Promise<boolean> {
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	public async $findExecutable(command: string, cwd?: string, paths?: string[]): Promise<string> {
+		return win32.findExecutable(command, cwd, paths);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/terminalTaskSystem.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/terminalTaskSystem.ts
index 14b7d7bdd0c..c5b1ed19e29 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/terminalTaskSystem.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/terminalTaskSystem.ts
@@ -496,12 +496,15 @@ export class TerminalTaskSystem implements ITaskSystem {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private resolveAndFindExecutable(workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder | undefined, task: CustomTask | ContributedTask, cwd: string | undefined, envPath: string | undefined): Promise<string> {
-		return this.findExecutable(
-			this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, CommandString.value(task.command.name!)),
-			cwd ? this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, cwd) : undefined,
-			envPath ? envPath.split(path.delimiter).map(p => this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, p)) : undefined
-		);
+	private async resolveAndFindExecutable(systemInfo: TaskSystemInfo | undefined, workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder | undefined, task: CustomTask | ContributedTask, cwd: string | undefined, envPath: string | undefined): Promise<string> {
+		const command = this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, CommandString.value(task.command.name!));
+		cwd = cwd ? this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, cwd) : undefined;
+		const paths = envPath ? envPath.split(path.delimiter).map(p => this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, p)) : undefined;
+		let foundExecutable = await systemInfo?.findExecutable(command, cwd, paths);
+		if (!foundExecutable) {
+			foundExecutable = await this.findExecutable(command, cwd, paths);
+		}
+		return foundExecutable;
 	}
 
 	private findUnresolvedVariables(variables: Set<string>, alreadyResolved: Map<string, string>): Set<string> {
@@ -562,7 +565,7 @@ export class TerminalTaskSystem implements ITaskSystem {
 				if (isProcess) {
 					let process = CommandString.value(task.command.name!);
 					if (taskSystemInfo.platform === Platform.Platform.Windows) {
-						process = await this.resolveAndFindExecutable(workspaceFolder, task, cwd, envPath);
+						process = await this.resolveAndFindExecutable(taskSystemInfo, workspaceFolder, task, cwd, envPath);
 					}
 					resolved.variables.set(TerminalTaskSystem.ProcessVarName, process);
 				}
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ export class TerminalTaskSystem implements ITaskSystem {
 						if (isProcess) {
 							let processVarValue: string;
 							if (Platform.isWindows) {
-								processVarValue = await this.resolveAndFindExecutable(workspaceFolder, task, cwd, envPath);
+								processVarValue = await this.resolveAndFindExecutable(taskSystemInfo, workspaceFolder, task, cwd, envPath);
 							} else {
 								processVarValue = this.configurationResolverService.resolve(workspaceFolder, CommandString.value(task.command.name!));
 							}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskSystem.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskSystem.ts
index 482eb62461e..56bc04b325c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskSystem.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskSystem.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export interface TaskSystemInfo {
 	uriProvider: (this: void, path: string) => URI;
 	resolveVariables(workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder, toResolve: ResolveSet, target: ConfigurationTarget): Promise<ResolvedVariables>;
 	getDefaultShellAndArgs(): Promise<{ shell: string, args: string[] | string | undefined }>;
+	findExecutable(command: string, cwd?: string, paths?: string[]): Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
 export interface TaskSystemInfoResolver {