diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
index bf6a8a1120f9..baf801ca45d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ let
 
       # this fixes bundled ripgrep
       chmod +x resources/app/node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/bin/rg
+    '' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "1.78.0") ''
+      # see https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/commit/4da5959
+      chmod +x resources/app/node_modules/node-pty/build/Release/spawn-helper
     '';
 
     inherit meta;