diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dea3767df8..916da39268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -826,6 +826,11 @@
           "default": true,
           "description": "Align assignment statements in a hashtable or a DSC Configuration."
         },
+        "powershell.codeFormatting.useConstantStrings": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Use single quotes if a string is not interpolated and its value does not contain a single quote."
+        },
         "powershell.codeFormatting.useCorrectCasing": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 6271eb1274..35922fcacd 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export interface ICodeFormattingSettings {
     trimWhitespaceAroundPipe: boolean;
     ignoreOneLineBlock: boolean;
     alignPropertyValuePairs: boolean;
+    useConstantStrings: boolean;
     useCorrectCasing: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export function load(): ISettings {
         trimWhitespaceAroundPipe: false,
         ignoreOneLineBlock: true,
         alignPropertyValuePairs: true,
+        useConstantStrings: false,
         useCorrectCasing: false,
     };