diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-vscode/vscode.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-vscode/vscode.py
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-vscode/vscode.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-vscode/vscode.py
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@
                 'pathFormat': 'path',
                 'supportsRunInTerminalRequest': True,
                 'supportsVariablePaging': True,
-                'supportsVariableType': True
+                'supportsVariableType': True,
+                'skipInitFiles': True,
             }
         }
         response = self.send_recv(command_dict)
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
@@ -1194,7 +1194,10 @@
 //   }]
 // }
 void request_initialize(const llvm::json::Object &request) {
-  g_vsc.debugger = lldb::SBDebugger::Create(true /*source_init_files*/);
+  auto arguments = request.getObject("arguments");
+  const auto skipInitFiles = GetBoolean(arguments, "skipInitFiles", false);
+  g_vsc.debugger =
+      lldb::SBDebugger::Create(!skipInitFiles /*source_init_files*/);
   // Create an empty target right away since we might get breakpoint requests
   // before we are given an executable to launch in a "launch" request, or a
   // executable when attaching to a process by process ID in a "attach"