diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/viewCursors/viewCursor.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/viewCursors/viewCursor.ts
index babe35b4178ae..182345ecf6b57 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/viewCursors/viewCursor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/viewCursors/viewCursor.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export class ViewCursor {
 	private readonly _domNode: FastDomNode<HTMLElement>;
 
 	private _cursorStyle: TextEditorCursorStyle;
+
+	private _cursorHeightMultiplier: number;
 	private _lineHeight: number;
 	private _typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth: number;
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ export class ViewCursor {
 		this._cursorStyle = this._context.configuration.editor.viewInfo.cursorStyle;
 		this._lineHeight = this._context.configuration.editor.lineHeight;
 		this._typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = this._context.configuration.editor.fontInfo.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth;
+		this._cursorHeightMultiplier = this._context.configuration.editor.cursorHeightMultiplier || 1;
 
 		this._isVisible = true;
 
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ export class ViewCursor {
 		} else {
 			this._domNode.setClassName('cursor');
 		}
-		this._domNode.setHeight(this._lineHeight);
+		this._domNode.setHeight(this._lineHeight * this._cursorHeightMultiplier);
 		this._domNode.setTop(0);
 		this._domNode.setLeft(0);
 		Configuration.applyFontInfo(this._domNode, this._context.configuration.editor.fontInfo);
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ export class ViewCursor {
 		this._domNode.setLeft(this._renderData.left);
 		this._domNode.setWidth(this._renderData.width);
 		this._domNode.setLineHeight(this._lineHeight);
-		this._domNode.setHeight(this._lineHeight);
+		this._domNode.setHeight(this._lineHeight * this._cursorHeightMultiplier);
 
 		return {
 			domNode: this._domNode.domNode,
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
index 2d54be1a83297..26baaf991d040 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ const editorConfiguration: IConfigurationNode = {
 			'default': EDITOR_FONT_DEFAULTS.lineHeight,
 			'description': nls.localize('lineHeight', "Controls the line height. Use 0 to compute the lineHeight from the fontSize.")
 		},
+		'editor.cursorHeightMultiplier': {
+			'type': 'number',
+			'default': EDITOR_FONT_DEFAULTS.cursorHeightMultiplier,
+			'description': nls.localize('cursorHeightMultiplier', "Controls how tall the cursor is. This will be multiplied with editor.lineHeight.")
+		},
 		'editor.letterSpacing': {
 			'type': 'number',
 			'default': EDITOR_FONT_DEFAULTS.letterSpacing,
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
index 2daf0ddac8f2e..4d6001a6ab637 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ export class InternalEditorOptions {
 	readonly pixelRatio: number;
 	readonly editorClassName: string;
 	readonly lineHeight: number;
+	readonly cursorHeightMultiplier: number;
 	readonly readOnly: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * @internal
@@ -2039,6 +2040,7 @@ export const EDITOR_FONT_DEFAULTS = {
 	),
 	lineHeight: 0,
 	letterSpacing: 0,
+	cursorHeightMultiplier: 1
 };
 
 /**