diff --git a/editors/code/src/tasks.ts b/editors/code/src/tasks.ts
index fa1c4a951dd..1366c76d6bd 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/tasks.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/tasks.ts
@@ -4,49 +4,80 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 // our configuration should be compatible with it so use the same key.
 const TASK_TYPE = 'cargo';
 
-export function activateTaskProvider(target: vscode.WorkspaceFolder): vscode.Disposable {
-    const provider: vscode.TaskProvider = {
+interface CargoTaskDefinition extends vscode.TaskDefinition {
+    command?: string;
+    args?: string[];
+    cwd?: string;
+    env?: { [key: string]: string };
+}
+
+class CargoTaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider {
+    private readonly target: vscode.WorkspaceFolder;
+
+    constructor(target: vscode.WorkspaceFolder) {
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    provideTasks(): vscode.Task[] {
         // Detect Rust tasks. Currently we do not do any actual detection
         // of tasks (e.g. aliases in .cargo/config) and just return a fixed
         // set of tasks that always exist. These tasks cannot be removed in
         // tasks.json - only tweaked.
-        provideTasks: () => getStandardCargoTasks(target),
 
-        // We don't need to implement this.
-        resolveTask: () => undefined,
-    };
+        return [
+            { command: 'build', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Build },
+            { command: 'check', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Build },
+            { command: 'test', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Test },
+            { command: 'clean', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Clean },
+            { command: 'run', group: undefined },
+        ]
+            .map(({ command, group }) => {
+                const vscodeTask = new vscode.Task(
+                    // The contents of this object end up in the tasks.json entries.
+                    {
+                        type: TASK_TYPE,
+                        command,
+                    },
+                    // The scope of the task - workspace or specific folder (global
+                    // is not supported).
+                    this.target,
+                    // The task name, and task source. These are shown in the UI as
+                    // `${source}: ${name}`, e.g. `rust: cargo build`.
+                    `cargo ${command}`,
+                    'rust',
+                    // What to do when this command is executed.
+                    new vscode.ShellExecution('cargo', [command]),
+                    // Problem matchers.
+                    ['$rustc'],
+                );
+                vscodeTask.group = group;
+                return vscodeTask;
+            });
+    }
 
-    return vscode.tasks.registerTaskProvider(TASK_TYPE, provider);
-}
+    resolveTask(task: vscode.Task): vscode.Task | undefined {
+        // VSCode calls this for every cargo task in the user's tasks.json,
+        // we need to inform VSCode how to execute that command by creating
+        // a ShellExecution for it.
 
-function getStandardCargoTasks(target: vscode.WorkspaceFolder): vscode.Task[] {
-    return [
-        { command: 'build', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Build },
-        { command: 'check', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Build },
-        { command: 'test', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Test },
-        { command: 'clean', group: vscode.TaskGroup.Clean },
-        { command: 'run', group: undefined },
-    ]
-        .map(({ command, group }) => {
-            const vscodeTask = new vscode.Task(
-                // The contents of this object end up in the tasks.json entries.
-                {
-                    type: TASK_TYPE,
-                    command,
-                },
-                // The scope of the task - workspace or specific folder (global
-                // is not supported).
-                target,
-                // The task name, and task source. These are shown in the UI as
-                // `${source}: ${name}`, e.g. `rust: cargo build`.
-                `cargo ${command}`,
+        const definition = task.definition as CargoTaskDefinition;
+
+        if (definition.type === 'cargo' && definition.command) {
+            const args = [definition.command].concat(definition.args ?? []);
+
+            return new vscode.Task(
+                definition,
+                task.name,
                 'rust',
-                // What to do when this command is executed.
-                new vscode.ShellExecution('cargo', [command]),
-                // Problem matchers.
-                ['$rustc'],
+                new vscode.ShellExecution('cargo', args, definition),
             );
-            vscodeTask.group = group;
-            return vscodeTask;
-        });
+        }
+
+        return undefined;
+    }
 }
+
+export function activateTaskProvider(target: vscode.WorkspaceFolder): vscode.Disposable {
+    const provider = new CargoTaskProvider(target);
+    return vscode.tasks.registerTaskProvider(TASK_TYPE, provider);
+}
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