diff --git a/src/TracingLanguageClient.ts b/src/TracingLanguageClient.ts
index ed01f65a8..667b52977 100644
--- a/src/TracingLanguageClient.ts
+++ b/src/TracingLanguageClient.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export class TracingLanguageClient extends LanguageClient {
 	private fireRequestStartTraceEvent(type: string): void {
 		requestStartEventEmitter.fire({
 			type,
+			fromSyntaxServer: !!this.isSyntaxServer,
 		});
 	}