diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
index 8414a86a0c25..7c365bee3791 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
         patchelf \
           --add-needed ${lib.getLib openssl}/lib/libssl.so.3 \
           $out/lib/vscode/resources/app/node_modules/@vscode/vsce-sign/bin/vsce-sign
+        chmod +x $out/lib/vscode/resources/app/node_modules/@vscode/vsce-sign/bin/vsce-sign
       '')
     );