diff --git a/code/extensions/che-terminal/src/machine-exec-client.ts b/code/extensions/che-terminal/src/machine-exec-client.ts
index 100abc80fc7..eac30e2c902 100644
--- a/code/extensions/che-terminal/src/machine-exec-client.ts
+++ b/code/extensions/che-terminal/src/machine-exec-client.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ export class MachineExecClient implements vscode.Disposable {
 	 * @returns a TerminalSession object to manage the created terminal session
 	 */
 	async createTerminalSession(component: string, commandLine?: string, workdir?: string, columns: number = 80, rows: number = 24): Promise<TerminalSession> {
+		if (commandLine) {
+			commandLine = "test -f ${HOME}/.bashrc >> /dev/null 2>&1 && source ${HOME}/.bashrc >> /dev/null 2>&1;" + commandLine;
+		}
+
 		const createTerminalSessionCall = {
 			identifier: {
 				machineName: component