diff --git a/rollup/rollup.config.ts b/rollup/rollup.config.ts
index 822ab418..127419a5 100644
--- a/rollup/rollup.config.ts
+++ b/rollup/rollup.config.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ const DIST_DIR_MAIN = path.resolve(DIST_DIR, 'main')
 const VSCODE_SRC_DIST_DIR = path.resolve(DIST_DIR_MAIN, 'vscode', 'src')
 const VSCODE_DIR = path.resolve(BASE_DIR, 'vscode')
 const VSCODE_SRC_DIR = path.resolve(VSCODE_DIR, 'src')
+const ASSETS_PATH = path.resolve(BASE_DIR, 'src/assets')
 const NODE_MODULES_DIR = path.resolve(BASE_DIR, 'node_modules')
 const MONACO_EDITOR_DIR = path.resolve(NODE_MODULES_DIR, './monaco-editor')
 const MONACO_EDITOR_ESM_DIR = path.resolve(MONACO_EDITOR_DIR, './esm')
@@ -550,6 +551,26 @@ export default (args: Record<string, string>): rollup.RollupOptions[] => {
       assetFileNames: 'assets/[name][extname]',
       format: 'esm',
       dir: 'dist/main',
+      intro (chunk) {
+        // Ensure that all our files start with an import to `assets.ts`, as this
+        // file has a side-effect (setting monacoRequire on globalThis) that needs
+        // to be evaluated before VSCode evaluates. Because VSCode needs this side-effect
+        // for its own side-effects.
+        if (chunk.facadeModuleId == null) {
+          return ''
+        }
+
+        if (!chunk.facadeModuleId.startsWith(SRC_DIR)) {
+          return ''
+        }
+
+        let relativePath = path.relative(path.dirname(chunk.facadeModuleId), ASSETS_PATH)
+        if (!relativePath.startsWith('.')) {
+          relativePath = './' + relativePath
+        }
+
+        return `import "${relativePath}";\n`
+      },
       entryFileNames: (chunkInfo) => {
         // Rename node_modules to external so it's not removing while publishing the package
         // tslib and rollup-plugin-styles and bundled
diff --git a/src/missing-services.ts b/src/missing-services.ts
index e2e031ca..544eb5da 100644
--- a/src/missing-services.ts
+++ b/src/missing-services.ts
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ import { ITitleService } from 'vs/workbench/services/title/common/titleService'
 import { IChatAgentService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/chat/common/chatAgents'
 import { IActiveLanguagePackService, ILocaleService } from 'vs/workbench/services/localization/common/locale'
 import { joinPath } from 'vs/base/common/resources'
-import { unsupported } from './tools'
-import { getBuiltInExtensionTranslationsUris } from './l10n'
 import { IExtensionIgnoredRecommendationsService, IExtensionRecommendationsService } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensionRecommendations/common/extensionRecommendations'
 import { IIgnoredExtensionsManagementService } from 'vs/platform/userDataSync/common/ignoredExtensions'
 import { IExtensionRecommendationNotificationService } from 'vs/platform/extensionRecommendations/common/extensionRecommendations'
@@ -183,6 +181,8 @@ import { IWorkspaceExtensionsConfigService } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensi
 import { IRemoteUserDataProfilesService } from 'vs/workbench/services/userDataProfile/common/remoteUserDataProfiles'
 import { IExtensionBisectService } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensionManagement/browser/extensionBisect'
 import { IUserDataSyncAccountService } from 'vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSyncAccount'
+import { unsupported } from './tools'
+import { getBuiltInExtensionTranslationsUris } from './l10n'
 
 class NullLoggerService extends AbstractLoggerService {
   constructor () {