diff --git a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementCLI.ts b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementCLI.ts
index 3bc65f49b03f7..f1c3f891d02b5 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementCLI.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementCLI.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ export class ExtensionManagementCLI {
 			const { id, version, installOptions } = installExtensionInfo;
 			const installedExtension = installed.find(i => areSameExtensions(i.identifier, { id }));
 			if (installedExtension) {
+				const builtinAutoUpdateMessage = this.validateBuiltinExtensionEnabledWithAutoUpdates(installedExtension);
+				if (builtinAutoUpdateMessage) {
+					this.logger.info(builtinAutoUpdateMessage);
+					return false;
+				}
 				if (!force && (!version || (version === 'prerelease' && installedExtension.preRelease))) {
 					this.logger.info(localize('alreadyInstalled-checkAndUpdate', "Extension '{0}' v{1} is already installed. Use '--force' option to update to latest version or provide '@<version>' to install a specific version, for example: '{2}@1.2.3'.", id, installedExtension.manifest.version, id));
 					return false;
@@ -301,13 +306,22 @@ export class ExtensionManagementCLI {
 	}
 
 	private async validateVSIX(manifest: IExtensionManifest, force: boolean, profileLocation: URI | undefined, installedExtensions: ILocalExtension[]): Promise<boolean> {
-		if (!force) {
-			const extensionIdentifier = { id: getGalleryExtensionId(manifest.publisher, manifest.name) };
-			const newer = installedExtensions.find(local => areSameExtensions(extensionIdentifier, local.identifier) && gt(local.manifest.version, manifest.version));
-			if (newer) {
-				this.logger.info(localize('forceDowngrade', "A newer version of extension '{0}' v{1} is already installed. Use '--force' option to downgrade to older version.", newer.identifier.id, newer.manifest.version, manifest.version));
+		const extensionIdentifier = { id: getGalleryExtensionId(manifest.publisher, manifest.name) };
+		const existingExtension = installedExtensions.find(local => areSameExtensions(extensionIdentifier, local.identifier));
+
+		if (existingExtension) {
+			const builtinAutoUpdateMessage = this.validateBuiltinExtensionEnabledWithAutoUpdates(existingExtension);
+			if (builtinAutoUpdateMessage) {
+				this.logger.info(builtinAutoUpdateMessage);
 				return false;
 			}
+
+			if (!force) {
+				if (gt(existingExtension.manifest.version, manifest.version)) {
+					this.logger.info(localize('forceDowngrade', "A newer version of extension '{0}' v{1} is already installed. Use '--force' option to downgrade to older version.", existingExtension.identifier.id, existingExtension.manifest.version, manifest.version));
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return this.validateExtensionKind(manifest);
@@ -371,4 +385,11 @@ export class ExtensionManagementCLI {
 		return this.location ? localize('notInstalleddOnLocation', "Extension '{0}' is not installed on {1}.", id, this.location) : localize('notInstalled', "Extension '{0}' is not installed.", id);
 	}
 
+	private validateBuiltinExtensionEnabledWithAutoUpdates(extension: ILocalExtension): string | undefined {
+		if (extension.isBuiltin && this.productService.builtInExtensionsEnabledWithAutoUpdates.some(e => e.toLowerCase() === extension.identifier.id.toLowerCase()) && !extension.forceAutoUpdate) {
+			return localize('builtinAutoUpdate', "Extension '{0}' is a built-in extension and not allowed to be updated in the current product quality '{1}'.", extension.identifier.id, this.productService.quality);
+		}
+		return undefined;
+	}
+
 }