diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e021d1059b9..fb5f66a2704 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@ CMakeLists.txt
 .vs/
 /x64/
 
-# VSCode JavaScript config files
-**/jsconfig.json
-
 # Windows MSI builder artifacts
 *.msi
 *.wixobj
diff --git a/.vscode_defaults/linux-virtual-workstation.code-workspace b/.vscode_defaults/linux-virtual-workstation.code-workspace
index d2247c0a9de..50f6fd3a8c9 100644
--- a/.vscode_defaults/linux-virtual-workstation.code-workspace
+++ b/.vscode_defaults/linux-virtual-workstation.code-workspace
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 		"eslint.validate": [
 			"javascript"
 		],
+		"files.associations": {
+			"SConstruct": "python",
+			"SConscript": "python",
+			"*.idl": "yaml",
+		},
 		"files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+		"js/ts.implicitProjectConfig.target": "ES2020",
 		"python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
 			"/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v4/share/gcc-11.3.0/python",
 			"src/third_party/scons-3.1.2/scons-local-3.1.2"
@@ -46,11 +52,6 @@
 			"editor.defaultFormatter": "xaver.clang-format",
 			"editor.formatOnSave": true,
 		},
-		"files.associations": {
-			"SConstruct": "python",
-			"SConscript": "python",
-			"*.idl": "yaml",
-		},
 	},
 	"extensions": {
 		"recommendations": [
diff --git a/jsconfig.json b/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22f8c745b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "baseUrl": ".",
+        "disableSizeLimit": true,
+        "target": "ES2020"
+    },
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules",
+        "src/third_party"
+    ]
+}