diff --git a/scripts/download-zig.sh b/scripts/download-zig.sh
index 41f7442fe81877..cec996d47d7005 100755
--- a/scripts/download-zig.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-zig.sh
@@ -16,30 +16,30 @@ fi
 
 case $(uname -ms) in
 'Darwin x86_64')
-    target='macos'
-    arch='x86_64'
-    ;;
+  target='macos'
+  arch='x86_64'
+  ;;
 'Darwin arm64')
-    target='macos'
-    arch='aarch64'
-    ;;
+  target='macos'
+  arch='aarch64'
+  ;;
 'Linux aarch64' | 'Linux arm64')
-    target='linux'
-    arch='aarch64'
-    ;;
+  target='linux'
+  arch='aarch64'
+  ;;
 'Linux x86_64')
-    target='linux'
-    arch='x86_64'
-    ;;
+  target='linux'
+  arch='x86_64'
+  ;;
 *)
-    printf "error: cannot get platform name from '%s'\n" "${unamestr}"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
+  printf "error: cannot get platform name from '%s'\n" "${unamestr}"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
 esac
 
 url="https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-${target}-${arch}-${zig_version}.tar.xz"
-dest=".cache/zig-${zig_version}.tar.xz"
-extract_at=".cache/zig"
+dest="$(pwd)/.cache/zig-${zig_version}.tar.xz"
+extract_at="$(pwd)/.cache/zig"
 
 mkdir -p ".cache"
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ update_repo_if_needed() {
       Dockerfile
       scripts/download-zig.ps1
       .github/workflows/*
-    );
+    )
 
     zig_version_previous=$(grep 'recommended_zig_version = "' "build.zig" | cut -d'"' -f2)
 
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ update_repo_if_needed() {
     done
 
     printf "Zig was updated to ${zig_version}. Please commit new files."
+
+    # symlink extracted zig to  extracted zig.exe
+    # TODO: Workaround for https://github.com/ziglang/vscode-zig/issues/164
+    ln -sf "${extract_at}/zig" "${extract_at}/zig.exe"
+    chmod +x "${extract_at}/zig.exe"
+
   fi
 }