diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/custom-editors/custom-editors-main.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/custom-editors/custom-editors-main.ts
index 724d64215758a..73511bf102426 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/custom-editors/custom-editors-main.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/custom-editors/custom-editors-main.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class CustomEditorsMainImpl implements CustomEditorsMain, Disposable {
 
         switch (modelType) {
             case CustomEditorModelType.Text: {
-                const model = CustomTextEditorModel.create(viewType, resource, this.textModelService, this.fileService);
+                const model = CustomTextEditorModel.create(viewType, resource, this.textModelService, this.fileService, this.editorPreferences);
                 return this.customEditorService.models.add(resource, viewType, model);
             }
             case CustomEditorModelType.Custom: {
@@ -520,24 +520,27 @@ export class CustomTextEditorModel implements CustomEditorModel {
     private readonly toDispose = new DisposableCollection();
     private readonly onDirtyChangedEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
     readonly onDirtyChanged = this.onDirtyChangedEmitter.event;
-    readonly autoSave: 'off' | 'afterDelay' | 'onFocusChange' | 'onWindowChange';
+    autoSave: 'off' | 'afterDelay' | 'onFocusChange' | 'onWindowChange';
+    autoSaveDelay: number;
 
     static async create(
         viewType: string,
         resource: TheiaURI,
         editorModelService: EditorModelService,
-        fileService: FileService
+        fileService: FileService,
+        editorPreferences: EditorPreferences,
     ): Promise<CustomTextEditorModel> {
         const model = await editorModelService.createModelReference(resource);
         model.object.suppressOpenEditorWhenDirty = true;
-        return new CustomTextEditorModel(viewType, resource, model, fileService);
+        return new CustomTextEditorModel(viewType, resource, model, fileService, editorPreferences);
     }
 
     constructor(
         readonly viewType: string,
         readonly editorResource: TheiaURI,
         private readonly model: Reference<MonacoEditorModel>,
-        private readonly fileService: FileService
+        private readonly fileService: FileService,
+        private readonly editorPreferences: EditorPreferences
     ) {
         this.toDispose.push(
             this.editorTextModel.onDirtyChanged(e => {
@@ -545,6 +548,21 @@ export class CustomTextEditorModel implements CustomEditorModel {
             })
         );
         this.toDispose.push(this.onDirtyChangedEmitter);
+
+        this.autoSave = this.editorPreferences.get('files.autoSave', undefined, editorResource.toString());
+        this.autoSaveDelay = this.editorPreferences.get('files.autoSaveDelay', undefined, editorResource.toString());
+
+        this.toDispose.push(
+            this.editorPreferences.onPreferenceChanged(event => {
+                if (event.preferenceName === 'files.autoSave') {
+                    this.autoSave = this.editorPreferences.get('files.autoSave', undefined, editorResource.toString());
+                }
+                if (event.preferenceName === 'files.autoSaveDelay') {
+                    this.autoSaveDelay = this.editorPreferences.get('files.autoSaveDelay', undefined, editorResource.toString());
+                }
+            })
+        );
+        this.toDispose.push(this.onDirtyChangedEmitter);
     }
 
     dispose(): void {