diff --git a/.ignore b/.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..40d1513978fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Make vscode *not* count `config.toml` as ignored, so it is included in search
+!/config.toml
diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 0e2650ff2c048..5706ea0b2046b 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Files: compiler/*
        .gitignore
        .gitmodules
        .mailmap
+       .ignore
 Copyright: The Rust Project Developers (see https://thanks.rust-lang.org)
 License: MIT or Apache-2.0