diff --git a/src/services/shims.ts b/src/services/shims.ts
index 48026856d14..53e44b262e7 100644
--- a/src/services/shims.ts
+++ b/src/services/shims.ts
@@ -317,7 +317,15 @@ module TypeScript.Services {
                 throw Error("LanguageServiceShimHostAdapter.getCompilationSettings: empty compilationSettings");
                 return null;
             }
-            return compilationSettingsToCompilerOptions(<ts.CompilerOptions>JSON.parse(<any>settingsJson));
+            var options = compilationSettingsToCompilerOptions(<ts.CompilerOptions>JSON.parse(<any>settingsJson));
+
+            /// TODO: this should be pushed into VS.
+            /// We can not ask the LS instance to resolve, as this will lead to asking the host about files it does not know about,
+            /// something it is not desinged to handle. for now make sure we never get a noresolve=true.
+            /// This value should not matter, as the host runs resolution logic independentlly
+            options.noResolve = true;
+
+            return options;
         }
 
         public getScriptFileNames(): string[] {