diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3c310e516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "image": "apache/pegasus:build-env-ubuntu2004",
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack",
+        "eamodio.gitlens"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.licenserc.yaml b/.licenserc.yaml
index 3e5c9a2b61..c6f63afd8b 100644
--- a/.licenserc.yaml
+++ b/.licenserc.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ header:
     - '.rat-excludes'
     - 'DISCLAIMER-WIP'
     - 'python-client/requirement.txt'
+    - '.devcontainer/devcontainer.json'
     # TODO(yingchun): shell/* files are import from thirdparties, we can move them to thirdparty later.
     - 'src/shell/argh.h'
     - 'src/shell/linenoise/linenoise.c'