diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index a1b2069f566d..54cdb4900ed0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,24 @@ export interface ITerminalInstance {
 	 */
 	dispose(): void;
 
+	/**
+	 * Registers a link matcher, allowing custom link patterns to be matched and handled.
+	 * @param regex The regular expression the search for, specifically this searches the
+	 * textContent of the rows. You will want to use \s to match a space ' ' character for example.
+	 * @param handler The callback when the link is called.
+	 * @param matchIndex The index of the link from the regex.match(html) call. This defaults to 0
+	 * (for regular expressions without capture groups).
+	 * @return The ID of the new matcher, this can be used to deregister.
+	 */
+	registerLinkMatcher(regex: RegExp, handler: (url: string) => void, matchIndex?: number): number;
+
+	/**
+	 * Deregisters a link matcher if it has been registered.
+	 * @param matcherId The link matcher's ID (returned after register)
+	 * @return Whether a link matcher was found and deregistered.
+	 */
+	deregisterLinkMatcher(matcherId: number): void;
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if anything is selected in terminal.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
index 177bd0777635..d462778e7e19 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,14 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 		this.updateConfig();
 	}
 
+	public registerLinkMatcher(regex: RegExp, handler: (url: string) => void, matchIndex?: number): number {
+		return this._xterm.registerLinkMatcher(regex, handler, matchIndex);
+	}
+
+	public deregisterLinkMatcher(linkMatcherId: number): void {
+		this._xterm.deregisterLinkMatcher(linkMatcherId);
+	}
+
 	public hasSelection(): boolean {
 		return !document.getSelection().isCollapsed;
 	}