diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remotePty.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remotePty.ts
index c36b2b59f700c..4e24a90ab42e2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remotePty.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remotePty.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ export class RemotePty extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildProcess {
 	public get onProcessReady(): Event<{ pid: number, cwd: string }> { return this._onProcessReady.event; }
 	private readonly _onProcessTitleChanged = this._register(new Emitter<string>());
 	public readonly onProcessTitleChanged: Event<string> = this._onProcessTitleChanged.event;
+	private readonly _onProcessShellTypeChanged = this._register(new Emitter<TerminalShellType | undefined>());
+	public readonly onProcessShellTypeChanged = this._onProcessShellTypeChanged.event;
 	private readonly _onProcessOverrideDimensions = this._register(new Emitter<ITerminalDimensionsOverride | undefined>());
 	public readonly onProcessOverrideDimensions: Event<ITerminalDimensionsOverride | undefined> = this._onProcessOverrideDimensions.event;
 	private readonly _onProcessResolvedShellLaunchConfig = this._register(new Emitter<IShellLaunchConfig>());
 	public get onProcessResolvedShellLaunchConfig(): Event<IShellLaunchConfig> { return this._onProcessResolvedShellLaunchConfig.event; }
-	// TODO: This never gets fired
-	private readonly _onProcessShellTypeChanged = this._register(new Emitter<TerminalShellType | undefined>());
-	public readonly onProcessShellTypeChanged = this._onProcessShellTypeChanged.event;
 
 	private _startBarrier: Barrier;
 
@@ -170,6 +169,9 @@ export class RemotePty extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildProcess {
 	handleTitleChanged(e: string) {
 		this._onProcessTitleChanged.fire(e);
 	}
+	handleShellTypeChanged(e: TerminalShellType | undefined) {
+		this._onProcessShellTypeChanged.fire(e);
+	}
 	handleOverrideDimensions(e: ITerminalDimensionsOverride | undefined) {
 		this._onProcessOverrideDimensions.fire(e);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
index e7d7780097d6c..4a234713254a3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export class RemoteTerminalService extends Disposable implements IRemoteTerminal
 			});
 			channel.onProcessReady(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleReady(e.event));
 			channel.onProcessTitleChanged(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleTitleChanged(e.event));
+			channel.onProcessShellTypeChanged(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleShellTypeChanged(e.event));
 			channel.onProcessOverrideDimensions(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleOverrideDimensions(e.event));
 			channel.onProcessResolvedShellLaunchConfig(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleResolvedShellLaunchConfig(e.event));
 			channel.onProcessReplay(e => this._ptys.get(e.id)?.handleReplay(e.event));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/remoteTerminalChannel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/remoteTerminalChannel.ts
index 5a1850f8bc07a..ec801f006d55c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/remoteTerminalChannel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/remoteTerminalChannel.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { IEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorServic
 import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 import { ILabelService } from 'vs/platform/label/common/label';
 import { IEnvironmentVariableService, ISerializableEnvironmentVariableCollection } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/environmentVariable';
-import { IProcessDataEvent, IShellLaunchConfig, ITerminalDimensionsOverride, ITerminalEnvironment, ITerminalLaunchError, ITerminalsLayoutInfo, ITerminalsLayoutInfoById } from 'vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal';
+import { IProcessDataEvent, IShellLaunchConfig, ITerminalDimensionsOverride, ITerminalEnvironment, ITerminalLaunchError, ITerminalsLayoutInfo, ITerminalsLayoutInfoById, TerminalShellType } from 'vs/platform/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { ITerminalConfiguration, TERMINAL_CONFIG_SECTION } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { IGetTerminalLayoutInfoArgs, IProcessDetails, IPtyHostProcessReplayEvent, ISetTerminalLayoutInfoArgs } from 'vs/platform/terminal/common/terminalProcess';
 
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ export class RemoteTerminalChannelClient {
 	public get onProcessTitleChanged(): Event<{ id: number, event: string }> {
 		return this._channel.listen<{ id: number, event: string }>('$onProcessTitleChangedEvent');
 	}
+	public get onProcessShellTypeChanged(): Event<{ id: number, event: TerminalShellType | undefined }> {
+		return this._channel.listen<{ id: number, event: TerminalShellType | undefined }>('$onProcessShellTypeChangedEvent');
+	}
 	public get onProcessOverrideDimensions(): Event<{ id: number, event: ITerminalDimensionsOverride | undefined }> {
 		return this._channel.listen<{ id: number, event: ITerminalDimensionsOverride | undefined }>('$onProcessOverrideDimensionsEvent');
 	}