diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/files/code.desktop b/srcpkgs/vscode/files/code.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Version=1.0
+Name=Microsoft Code
+Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
+GenericName=Text Editor
+Exec=/usr/bin/code-oss --unity-launch %F
+Icon=/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/resources/linux/code.png
+Type=Application
+StartupNotify=true
+StartupWMClass=Code - OSS
+Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
+MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
+Actions=new-window;
+Keywords=vscode;
+
+[Desktop Action new-window]
+Name=New Window
+Name[de]=Neues Fenster
+Name[es]=Nueva ventana
+Name[fr]=Nouvelle fenêtre
+Name[it]=Nuova finestra
+Name[ja]=新規ウインドウ
+Name[ko]=새 창
+Name[ru]=Новое окно
+Name[zh_CN]=新建窗口
+Name[zh_TW]=開新視窗
+Exec=/usr/bin/code-oss --new-window %F
+Icon=/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/resources/linux/code.png
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/template b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
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+# Template file for 'vscode'
+pkgname=vscode
+version=1.21.0
+revision=1
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+nocross=yes
+nostrip=yes
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python nodejs"
+makedepends="libX11-devel libxkbfile-devel libsecret-devel"
+depends="GConf libXtst libxkbfile nss"
+short_desc="Microsoft Code for Linux"
+maintainer="Julio Galvan <juliogalvan@protonmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://code.visualstudio.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d4773e3c136a311098c245a42f671eb1c90382f8e199f73dca500b0c15e41ba4
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686) _ARCH="ia32";;
+	x86_64) _ARCH="x64";;
+esac
+
+do_build() {
+	npm install -g gulp yarn
+	yarn install --arch=${_ARCH}
+	yarn run gulp vscode-linux-${_ARCH}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cd ../VSCode-linux-${_ARCH}
+
+	sed -i "20,31 d" bin/code-oss
+	sed -i "20iVSCODE_PATH=\"/usr/share/code-oss\"" bin/code-oss
+	vbin bin/code-oss
+
+	vlicense resources/app/LICENSE.txt
+
+	vmkdir usr/share/applications
+	vcopy ${FILESDIR}/code.desktop usr/share/applications/
+
+	vmkdir usr/share/code-oss
+	vcopy ./* usr/share/code-oss
+}