diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f28b2ffd329..3147b8e8724 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ scripts/*.js.map
 coverage/
 internal/
 **/.DS_Store
-.settings/
+.settings/*
+!.settings/tasks.json
diff --git a/.settings/tasks.json b/.settings/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e617f228378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
+// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
+// ${file}: the current opened file
+// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
+// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
+// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
+// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
+{
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "command": "jake",
+    "isShellCommand": true,
+    "showOutput": "silent",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "taskName": "local",
+            "isBuildCommand": true,
+            "showOutput": "silent",
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$tsc"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file