diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3e93deba51..ab53009cc76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /debug
 /arduino-cli*
 /main
-/.vscode/
 /cmd/formatter/debug.test
 /arduino-cli.yaml
 /wiki
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8c3a1a4463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "protoc": {
+        "options": [
+            "--proto_path=rpc"
+        ]
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file