diff --git a/win32/bin/code.sh b/win32/bin/code.sh
index 1281a1f8c38b5..251d718cfee49 100644
--- a/win32/bin/code.sh
+++ b/win32/bin/code.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 NAME="@@NAME@@"
 VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")")"
 ELECTRON="$VSCODE_PATH/$NAME.exe"
+if grep -q Microsoft /proc/version; then
+	# If running under WSL don't pass cli.js to Electron as environment vars
+	# cannot be transferred from WSL to Windows
+	# See: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1363
+	#      https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1494
+	"$ELECTRON" "$@"
+	exit $?
+fi
 if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 9)" == "CYGWIN_NT" ]; then
 	CLI=$(cygpath -m "$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js")
 else