diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bcfa433e21..5e90362dce7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public/css/*.min.css
 *.iml
 *.tmp
 .DS_Store
-.vscode/
 .vs/
 .eslintcache
 
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ace2a4d0c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Run Server",
+      "type": "go",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "mode": "auto",
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/",
+      "env": {},
+      "args": ["--homepath", "${workspaceFolder}", "--packaging", "dev"]
+    }
+  ]
+}