diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index 5936541..d454e1c 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in {
     ./programs/qutebrowser.nix
     ./programs/rofi.nix
     ./programs/taskwarrior.nix
-    ./programs/vscode.nix
+    ./programs/vscode
     # ./programs/xmobar
     ./programs/xmonad
     ./programs/zathura.nix
diff --git a/home/programs/vscode/auto-update-extensions.nix b/home/programs/vscode/auto-update-extensions.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892589c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/programs/vscode/auto-update-extensions.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.vscode;
+in
+{
+  # TODO: add `dirname` to $PATH upstream
+  systemd.user.services.update-vscode-extensions = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Update vscode extensions";
+    };
+
+    Service = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      CPUSchedulingPolicy = "idle";
+      IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
+      ExecStart = "${lib.getExe cfg.package} --update-extensions";
+    };
+  };
+
+  systemd.user.timers.update-vscode-extensions = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Update vscode extensions";
+    };
+
+    Timer = {
+      Unit = "update-vscode-extensions.service";
+      OnCalendar = "daily";
+      Persistent = true;
+    };
+
+    Install = {
+      WantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/programs/vscode.nix b/home/programs/vscode/default.nix
similarity index 99%
rename from home/programs/vscode.nix
rename to home/programs/vscode/default.nix
index 6c5e04a..e671ffb 100644
--- a/home/programs/vscode.nix
+++ b/home/programs/vscode/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ let
   configFilePath = "${userDir}/settings.json";
 in
 {
+  imports = [
+    ./auto-update-extensions.nix
+    # ./extensions
+  ];
+
   home.file.${configFilePath} = {
     target = "${configFilePath}.ro";
     onChange = ''install -m660 $(realpath "${configFilePath}.ro") "${configFilePath}"'';
diff --git a/home/programs/vscode-extensions/noop-syslog.c b/home/programs/vscode/extensions/noop-syslog.c
similarity index 100%
rename from home/programs/vscode-extensions/noop-syslog.c
rename to home/programs/vscode/extensions/noop-syslog.c
diff --git a/home/programs/vscode-extensions/vsliveshare.nix b/home/programs/vscode/extensions/vsliveshare.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home/programs/vscode-extensions/vsliveshare.nix
rename to home/programs/vscode/extensions/vsliveshare.nix