diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/browser.ts b/editors/vscode/src/browser.ts
index ce66bce85..d6982f28a 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/browser.ts
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/browser.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,25 @@ function startClient(
     //let args = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('slint').get<[string]>('lsp-args');
 
     // Options to control the language client
-    const clientOptions = common.languageClientOptions(telemetryLogger);
+    // Note: This works with way more schemes than the native LSP as it goes
+    // through VSCode to open files by necessity.
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/src/vs/base/common/network.ts
+    // lists all the known schemes in VSCode (without extensions). I err on the
+    // side of allowing too much here I think...
+    const clientOptions = common.languageClientOptions(
+        [
+            "file",
+            "http",
+            "https",
+            "inmemory",
+            "vscode-file",
+            "vscode-remote",
+            "vscode-remote-resource",
+            "vscode-vfs", // github.dev uses this
+            "vsls",
+        ],
+        telemetryLogger,
+    );
     clientOptions.synchronize = {};
     clientOptions.initializationOptions = {};
 
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/common.ts b/editors/vscode/src/common.ts
index dc8a23960..dbb0dd7d0 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/common.ts
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/common.ts
@@ -100,10 +100,17 @@ export function setServerStatus(
 // as needed and makes the triggering side so much simpler!
 
 export function languageClientOptions(
+    schemes: string[],
     telemetryLogger: vscode.TelemetryLogger,
 ): LanguageClientOptions {
+    var document_selector = [];
+    for (var scheme of schemes) {
+        document_selector.push({ scheme: scheme, language: "slint" });
+        document_selector.push({ scheme: scheme, language: "rust" });
+    }
+
     return {
-        documentSelector: [{ language: "slint" }, { language: "rust" }],
+        documentSelector: document_selector,
         middleware: {
             async provideCodeActions(
                 document: vscode.TextDocument,
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/extension.ts b/editors/vscode/src/extension.ts
index aeec7118c..812abc6da 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function startClient(
         "slint-lsp",
         "Slint",
         serverOptions,
-        common.languageClientOptions(telemetryLogger),
+        common.languageClientOptions(["file"], telemetryLogger),
     );
 
     common.prepare_client(cl);