diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d1a83096a..2e36fa6f2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .dfx
 .DS_Store
 .vscode/*
+!.vscode/extensions.json
 dist
 node_modules
 target
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7562d9153d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "bierner.comment-tagged-templates",
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+        "editorconfig.editorconfig",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "rust-lang.rust-analyzer"
+    ]
+}