diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/lsp/PdeLanguageServer.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/lsp/PdeLanguageServer.java
index ee71754cb..3d865fcc7 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/lsp/PdeLanguageServer.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/lsp/PdeLanguageServer.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class PdeLanguageServer implements LanguageServer, LanguageClientAware {
     capabilities.setCompletionProvider(completionOptions);
     capabilities.setDocumentFormattingProvider(true);
     capabilities.setDeclarationProvider(true);
+    capabilities.setReferencesProvider(true);
     var result = new InitializeResult(capabilities);
     return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(result);
   }