diff --git a/src/common/load-plugins.js b/src/common/load-plugins.js
index caf6d44a2ba4..7cc20403c440 100644
--- a/src/common/load-plugins.js
+++ b/src/common/load-plugins.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ const partition = require("lodash/partition");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const globby = require("globby");
 const path = require("path");
-const resolve = require("resolve");
 const thirdParty = require("./third-party");
 const internalPlugins = require("./internal-plugins");
 const mem = require("mem");
+const resolve = require("./resolve");
 
 const memoizedLoad = mem(load, { cacheKey: JSON.stringify });
 const memoizedSearch = mem(findPluginsInNodeModules);
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ function load(plugins, pluginSearchDirs) {
       let requirePath;
       try {
         // try local files
-        requirePath = resolve.sync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), pluginName));
+        requirePath = resolve(path.resolve(process.cwd(), pluginName));
       } catch (_) {
         // try node modules
-        requirePath = resolve.sync(pluginName, { basedir: process.cwd() });
+        requirePath = resolve(pluginName, { paths: [process.cwd()] });
       }
 
       return {
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ function load(plugins, pluginSearchDirs) {
 
       return memoizedSearch(nodeModulesDir).map((pluginName) => ({
         name: pluginName,
-        requirePath: resolve.sync(pluginName, {
-          basedir: resolvedPluginSearchDir,
-        }),
+        requirePath: resolve(pluginName, { paths: [resolvedPluginSearchDir] }),
       }));
     })
     .reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b), []);
diff --git a/src/common/resolve.js b/src/common/resolve.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d96754c90fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/resolve.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const resolve = require("resolve");
+
+const { resolve: nativeResolve } = eval("require");
+
+// In the VS Code extension `require` is overridden and `require.resolve` doesn't support the 2nd argument.
+if (nativeResolve.length === 1) {
+  module.exports = (id, options) => {
+    let baseDir;
+    if (options && options.paths && options.paths.length === 1) {
+      baseDir = options.paths[0];
+    }
+
+    return resolve.sync(id, { baseDir });
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = nativeResolve;
diff --git a/src/config/resolve-config.js b/src/config/resolve-config.js
index f56c43de0800..c32067876d34 100644
--- a/src/config/resolve-config.js
+++ b/src/config/resolve-config.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 const thirdParty = require("../common/third-party");
 const minimatch = require("minimatch");
-const resolve = require("resolve");
 const path = require("path");
 const mem = require("mem");
 
 const resolveEditorConfig = require("./resolve-config-editorconfig");
 const loadToml = require("../utils/load-toml");
+const resolve = require("../common/resolve");
 
 const getExplorerMemoized = mem(
   (opts) => {
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ const getExplorerMemoized = mem(
       transform: (result) => {
         if (result && result.config) {
           if (typeof result.config === "string") {
-            const modulePath = resolve.sync(result.config, {
-              basedir: path.dirname(result.filepath),
-            });
+            const dir = path.dirname(result.filepath);
+            const modulePath = resolve(result.config, { paths: [dir] });
             result.config = eval("require")(modulePath);
           }