diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b8a9b8259d8..3b478f31fb2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1530,12 +1530,20 @@
             {
                 "fileMatch": ".condarc",
                 "url": "./schemas/condarc.json"
+            },
+            {
+                "fileMatch": "environment.yml",
+                "url": "./schemas/conda-environment.json"
             }
         ],
         "yamlValidation": [
             {
                 "fileMatch": ".condarc",
                 "url": "./schemas/condarc.json"
+            },
+            {
+                "fileMatch": "environment.yml",
+                "url": "./schemas/conda-environment.json"
             }
         ]
     },
diff --git a/schemas/conda-environment.json b/schemas/conda-environment.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9208fc685924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/conda-environment.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+    "title": "conda environment file",
+    "description": "Support for conda's enviroment.yml files (e.g. `conda env export > environment.yml`)",
+    "id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/master/schemas/conda-environment.json",
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "definitions": {
+        "channel": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "package": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "path": {
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+    },
+    "properties": {
+        "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "channels": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/channel"
+            }
+        },
+        "dependencies": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/package"
+            }
+        },
+        "prefix": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/path"
+        }
+    }
+}