diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0df4457e..dce2e5ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ vcpkg/*
 /vcpkg_installed
 .deps/
 .dirstamp
-.vscode/
-
 /_*/**
 /**/__pycache__/**
 extra/vswhere.exe
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9307c5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "cmake.configureOnOpen": true,
+    "cmake.sourceDirectory": [
+        "${workspaceFolder}",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/profiler"
+    ],
+    "cmake.buildDirectory": "${sourceDirectory}/builddir",
+}