diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11a19ba7b..841616ae4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 ## Visual Studio Code
 ##
 .vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
 
 /downloads
 
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ec1edf0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "rust-analyzer.linkedProjects": [
+        "Cargo.toml", 
+        // guest crates for testing, not part of the workspace
+        "src/tests/rust_guests/simpleguest/Cargo.toml",
+        "src/tests/rust_guests/callbackguest/Cargo.toml"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file