diff --git a/resources/win32/bin/code.sh b/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
index b1a0f7e4f3e..606fb108fe5 100644
--- a/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
+++ b/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,18 @@ VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")")"
 ELECTRON="$VSCODE_PATH/$NAME.exe"
 if grep -qi Microsoft /proc/version; then
 	# in a wsl shell
-	WSL_BUILD=$(uname -r | sed -E 's/^.+-([0-9]+)-[Mm]icrosoft/\1/')
-	if [ $WSL_BUILD -ge 17063 ] 2> /dev/null; then
+	if ! [ -z "$WSL_DISTRO_NAME"]; then
+		# $WSL_DISTRO_NAME is available since WSL builds 18362, also for WSL2
+		WSL_BUILD=18362
+	else
+		WSL_BUILD=$(uname -r | sed -E 's/^.+-([0-9]+)-Microsoft/\1/')
+		if ! [ -z "$WSL_BUILD" ]; then
+			WSL_BUILD=0
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ $WSL_BUILD -ge 17063 ]; then
+		# $WSL_DISTRO_NAME is available since WSL builds 18362, also for WSL2
 		# WSLPATH is available since WSL build 17046
 		# WSLENV is available since WSL build 17063
 		export WSLENV=ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE/w:$WSLENV