diff --git a/src/features/Folding.ts b/src/features/Folding.ts
index 1a68b8c741..1e68f3b33b 100644
--- a/src/features/Folding.ts
+++ b/src/features/Folding.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ export class FoldingProvider implements vscode.FoldingRangeProvider {
         // Sort the list of matched tokens, starting at the top of the document,
         // and ensure that, in the case of multiple ranges starting the same line,
         // that the largest range (i.e. most number of lines spanned) is sorted
-        // first.  This is needed as vscode will just ignore any duplicate folding
-        // ranges.
+        // first.  This is needed to detect duplicate regions. The first in the list
+        // will be used and subsequent duplicates ignored.
         foldableRegions.sort((a: LineNumberRange, b: LineNumberRange) => {
             // Initially look at the start line
             if (a.startline > b.startline) { return 1; }
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ export class FoldingProvider implements vscode.FoldingRangeProvider {
             return 0;
         });
 
-        // Convert the matched token list into a FoldingRange[]
-        const foldingRanges = [];
-        foldableRegions.forEach((item) => { foldingRanges.push(item.toFoldingRange()); });
-
-        return foldingRanges;
+        return foldableRegions
+            // It's possible to have duplicate or overlapping ranges, that is, regions which have the same starting
+            // line number as the previous region. Therefore only emit ranges which have a different starting line
+            // than the previous range.
+            .filter((item, index, src) => index === 0 || item.startline !== src[index - 1].startline)
+            // Convert the internal representation into the VSCode expected type
+            .map((item) => item.toFoldingRange());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/features/folding.test.ts b/test/features/folding.test.ts
index 583abfb85d..8f94f96c65 100644
--- a/test/features/folding.test.ts
+++ b/test/features/folding.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,21 @@ suite("Features", () => {
 
                 assertFoldingRegions(result, expectedMismatchedFoldingRegions);
             });
+
+            test("Does not return duplicate or overlapping regions", async () => {
+                const expectedMismatchedFoldingRegions = [
+                    { start: 1,  end: 2,  kind: null },
+                    { start: 2,  end: 4,  kind: null },
+                ];
+
+                // Integration test against the test fixture 'folding-mismatch.ps1' that contains
+                // duplicate/overlapping ranges due to the `(` and `{` characters
+                const uri = vscode.Uri.file(path.join(fixturePath, "folding-duplicate.ps1"));
+                const document = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(uri);
+                const result = await provider.provideFoldingRanges(document, null, null);
+
+                assertFoldingRegions(result, expectedMismatchedFoldingRegions);
+            });
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/folding-duplicate.ps1 b/test/fixtures/folding-duplicate.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d2a62797a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/folding-duplicate.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This script causes duplicate/overlapping ranges due to the `(` and `{` characters
+$AnArray = @(Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Include *.ps1 -File).Where({
+    $_.FullName -ne 'foo'}).ForEach({
+        # Do Something
+})