diff --git a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
index 5c2fc8f544..8aab8bad58 100755
--- a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
@@ -901,6 +901,18 @@ type TypeCheckInfo
                 Trace.TraceInformation(sprintf "FCS: recovering from error in IsRelativeNameResolvable: '%s'" msg)
                 false)
         
+    /// Determines if a long ident is resolvable at a specific point.
+    member __.IsRelativeNameResolvable(cursorPos: pos, plid: string list, symbolUse: FSharpSymbolUse) : bool =
+        ErrorScope.Protect
+            Range.range0
+            (fun () ->
+                /// Find items in the best naming environment.
+                let (nenv, ad), m = GetBestEnvForPos cursorPos
+                NameResolution.IsItemResolvable ncenv nenv m ad plid symbolUse.Symbol.Item)
+            (fun msg ->
+                Trace.TraceInformation(sprintf "FCS: recovering from error in IsRelativeNameResolvable: '%s'" msg)
+                false)
+
     /// Get the auto-complete items at a location
     member __.GetDeclarations (ctok, parseResultsOpt, line, lineStr, colAtEndOfNamesAndResidue, qualifyingNames, partialName, getAllSymbols, hasTextChangedSinceLastTypecheck) =
         let isInterfaceFile = SourceFileImpl.IsInterfaceFile mainInputFileName
diff --git a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fsi b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fsi
index 986b9a0e4c..aca216e5c2 100755
--- a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fsi
+++ b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fsi
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ type internal FSharpCheckFileResults =
     /// <param name="userOpName">An optional string used for tracing compiler operations associated with this request.</param>
     member internal IsRelativeNameResolvable: cursorPos : pos * plid : string list * item: Item * ?userOpName: string -> Async<bool>
 
+    /// Determines if a long ident is resolvable at a specific point.
+    /// <param name="userOpName">An optional string used for tracing compiler operations associated with this request.</param>
+    member IsRelativeNameResolvable: cursorPos : pos * plid : string list * symbolUse: FSharpSymbolUse * ?userOpName: string -> Async<bool>
+
     /// Represents complete typechecked implementation files, including thier typechecked signatures if any.
     member ImplementationFiles: FSharpImplementationFileContents list option