diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
index b40dde18dc422..1cd19c66177a5 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export interface WebviewContentOptions {
     readonly allowForms?: boolean;
     readonly localResourceRoots?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
     readonly portMapping?: ReadonlyArray<WebviewPortMapping>;
-    readonly enableCommandUris?: boolean;
+    readonly enableCommandUris?: boolean | readonly string[];
 }
 
 @injectable()
@@ -450,8 +450,12 @@ export class WebviewWidget extends BaseWidget implements StatefulWidget, Extract
             }
             return link;
         }
-        if (!!this.contentOptions.enableCommandUris && link.scheme === Schemes.command) {
-            return link;
+        if (link.scheme === Schemes.command) {
+            if (Array.isArray(this.contentOptions.enableCommandUris) && this.contentOptions.enableCommandUris.some(value => value === link.path.toString())) {
+                return link;
+            } else if (this.contentOptions.enableCommandUris === true) {
+                return link;
+            }
         }
         return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
index 65b48c129cbe8..49a7f5acedd1a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
@@ -3871,9 +3871,11 @@ export module '@theia/plugin' {
         /**
          * Controls whether command uris are enabled in webview content or not.
          *
-         * Defaults to false.
+         * Defaults to `false` (command uris are disabled).
+         *
+         * If you pass in an array, only the commands in the array are allowed.
          */
-        readonly enableCommandUris?: boolean;
+        readonly enableCommandUris?: boolean | readonly string[];
 
         /**
          * Root paths from which the webview can load local (filesystem) resources using the `theia-resource:` scheme.
@@ -5026,7 +5028,7 @@ export module '@theia/plugin' {
          *
          * @return New webview panel.
          */
-        export function createWebviewPanel(viewType: string, title: string, showOptions: ViewColumn | WebviewPanelShowOptions,
+        export function createWebviewPanel(viewType: string, title: string, showOptions: ViewColumn | { readonly viewColumn: ViewColumn; readonly preserveFocus?: boolean },
             options?: WebviewPanelOptions & WebviewOptions): WebviewPanel;
 
         /**