diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-view-registry.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-view-registry.ts
index 874ae204d25e7..d63a8735c28ac 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-view-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-view-registry.ts
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ export class PluginViewRegistry implements FrontendApplicationContribution {
     }
 
     protected toViewContainerIdentifier(viewContainerId: string): ViewContainerIdentifier {
-        return { id: PLUGIN_VIEW_CONTAINER_FACTORY_ID + ':' + viewContainerId };
+        return { id: PLUGIN_VIEW_CONTAINER_FACTORY_ID + ':' + viewContainerId, progressLocationId: viewContainerId };
     }
     protected toViewContainerId(identifier: ViewContainerIdentifier): string {
         return identifier.id.substr(PLUGIN_VIEW_CONTAINER_FACTORY_ID.length + 1);
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/notification.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/notification.ts
index 4f622166bf270..492bebc0c652f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/notification.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/notification.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ export class NotificationExtImpl implements NotificationExt {
         return progress;
     }
 
-    protected mapLocation(pluginLocation: ProgressLocation): string | undefined {
-        switch (pluginLocation) {
+    protected mapLocation(location: ProgressLocation | { viewId: string }): string | undefined {
+        if (typeof location === 'object') {
+            return location.viewId;
+        }
+
+        switch (location) {
             case ProgressLocation.Notification: return 'notification';
             case ProgressLocation.SourceControl: return 'scm';
             case ProgressLocation.Window: return 'window';
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
index de68decf32384..651b18ea31f5e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
@@ -4181,7 +4181,7 @@ declare module '@theia/plugin' {
         /**
          * The location at which progress should show.
          */
-        location: ProgressLocation;
+        location: ProgressLocation | { viewId: string };
         /**
          * A human-readable string which will be used to describe the
          * operation.