diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index 8c90aa61c62..3ff4e70ca4c 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -111,13 +111,23 @@ export const enum TerminalSettingId {
 	ShellIntegrationCommandHistory = 'terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.history'
 }
 
+export const enum PosixShellType {
+	PowerShell = 'pwsh',
+	Bash = 'bash',
+	Fish = 'fish',
+	Sh = 'sh',
+	Csh = 'csh',
+	Ksh = 'ksh',
+	Zsh = 'zsh',
+}
 export const enum WindowsShellType {
 	CommandPrompt = 'cmd',
 	PowerShell = 'pwsh',
 	Wsl = 'wsl',
 	GitBash = 'gitbash'
 }
-export type TerminalShellType = WindowsShellType | undefined;
+export type TerminalShellType = PosixShellType | WindowsShellType | undefined;
+
 export interface IRawTerminalInstanceLayoutInfo<T> {
 	relativeSize: number;
 	terminal: T;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalProcess.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalProcess.ts
index 2a1dfd1823f..23ab10777cb 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalProcess.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { Promises } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
-import { FlowControlConstants, IShellLaunchConfig, ITerminalChildProcess, ITerminalLaunchError, IProcessProperty, IProcessPropertyMap as IProcessPropertyMap, ProcessPropertyType, TerminalShellType, IProcessReadyEvent, ITerminalProcessOptions } from 'vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal';
+import { FlowControlConstants, IShellLaunchConfig, ITerminalChildProcess, ITerminalLaunchError, IProcessProperty, IProcessPropertyMap as IProcessPropertyMap, ProcessPropertyType, TerminalShellType, IProcessReadyEvent, ITerminalProcessOptions, PosixShellType } from 'vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { ChildProcessMonitor } from 'vs/platform/terminal/node/childProcessMonitor';
 import { findExecutable, getShellIntegrationInjection, getWindowsBuildNumber, IShellIntegrationConfigInjection } from 'vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalEnvironment';
 import { WindowsShellHelper } from 'vs/platform/terminal/node/windowsShellHelper';
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ interface IWriteObject {
 	isBinary: boolean;
 }
 
+const posixShellTypeMap = new Map<string, PosixShellType>([
+	['bash', PosixShellType.Bash],
+	['csh', PosixShellType.Csh],
+	['fish', PosixShellType.Fish],
+	['ksh', PosixShellType.Ksh],
+	['sh', PosixShellType.Sh],
+	['pwsh', PosixShellType.PowerShell],
+	['zsh', PosixShellType.Zsh]
+]);
+
 export class TerminalProcess extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildProcess {
 	readonly id = 0;
 	readonly shouldPersist = false;
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ export class TerminalProcess extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildProcess
 	get exitMessage(): string | undefined { return this._exitMessage; }
 
 	get currentTitle(): string { return this._windowsShellHelper?.shellTitle || this._currentTitle; }
-	get shellType(): TerminalShellType { return this._windowsShellHelper ? this._windowsShellHelper.shellType : undefined; }
+		get shellType(): TerminalShellType { return isWindows ? this._windowsShellHelper?.shellType : posixShellTypeMap.get(this._currentTitle); }
 
 	private readonly _onProcessData = this._register(new Emitter<string>());
 	readonly onProcessData = this._onProcessData.event;
@@ -389,6 +399,7 @@ export class TerminalProcess extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildProcess
 		}
 		this._currentTitle = ptyProcess.process;
 		this._onDidChangeProperty.fire({ type: ProcessPropertyType.Title, value: this._currentTitle });
+		this._onDidChangeProperty.fire({ type: ProcessPropertyType.ShellType, value: posixShellTypeMap.get(this.currentTitle) });
 	}
 
 	shutdown(immediate: boolean): void {