diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0414e9df1b04..47cb84c49fbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -440,6 +440,16 @@
                     "scope": "resource",
                     "type": "string"
                 },
+                "python.useEnvironmentsExtension": {
+                    "default": false,
+                    "description": "%python.useEnvironmentsExtension.description%",
+                    "scope": "machine-overridable",
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "tags": [
+                        "onExP",
+                        "preview"
+                    ]
+                },
                 "python.experiments.enabled": {
                     "default": true,
                     "description": "%python.experiments.enabled.description%",
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index b6ba75b332f2..560e78de05a5 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "python.debugger.deprecatedMessage": "This configuration will be deprecated soon. Please replace `python` with `debugpy` to use the new Python Debugger extension.",
     "python.defaultInterpreterPath.description": "Path to default Python to use when extension loads up for the first time, no longer used once an interpreter is selected for the workspace. See [here](https://aka.ms/AAfekmf) to understand when this is used",
     "python.envFile.description": "Absolute path to a file containing environment variable definitions.",
+    "python.useEnvironmentsExtension.description": "Enables the Python Environments extension.",
     "python.experiments.enabled.description": "Enables A/B tests experiments in the Python extension. If enabled, you may get included in proposed enhancements and/or features.",
     "python.experiments.optInto.description": "List of experiments to opt into. If empty, user is assigned the default experiment groups. See [here](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/wiki/AB-Experiments) for more details.",
     "python.experiments.optOutFrom.description": "List of experiments to opt out of. If empty, user is assigned the default experiment groups. See [here](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/wiki/AB-Experiments) for more details.",