diff --git a/ci/build/build-vscode.sh b/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
index 631964d5e..76a61bbce 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ main() {
 EOF
   ) > product.json
 
+  chmod +x product.json
+
   # Any platform here works since we will do our own packaging.  We have to do
   # this because we have an NPM package that could be installed on any platform.
   # The correct platform dependencies and scripts will be installed as part of