diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/append_Rprofile.txt b/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/append_Rprofile.txt
index e384bfd6..67fcb501 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/append_Rprofile.txt
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/append_Rprofile.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This is in the original Rprofile
 {
     is_rstudio <- Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO") == "1"
     is_nix_r <- nzchar(Sys.getenv("NIX_STORE"))
+    is_code <- Sys.getenv("TERM_PROGRAM") == "vscode"
+    is_positron <- Sys.getenv("POSITRON") == "1"
     if (isFALSE(is_nix_r) && isTRUE(is_rstudio)) {
         cat("{rix} detected RStudio R session")
         old_path <- Sys.getenv("PATH")
@@ -38,5 +40,16 @@ This is in the original Rprofile
         .libPaths(new_paths)
         rm(current_paths, userlib_paths, user_dir, new_paths)
     }
-    rm(is_rstudio, is_nix_r)
+    if (isTRUE(is_code) && interactive() && isFALSE(is_rstudio) && isFALSE(is_positron)) {
+        vscode_r_init <- file.path(Sys.getenv(if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") 
+            "USERPROFILE"
+        else "HOME"), ".vscode-R", "init.R")
+        if (file.exists(vscode_r_init)) {
+            source(vscode_r_init)
+        }
+        else {
+            message("No .vscode-R/init.R file found. If you want to use VSCode-R, you need to source it in your .Rprofile or start vscode from within nix-shell")
+        }
+    }
+    rm(is_rstudio, is_nix_r, is_code, is_positron)
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/golden_Rprofile.txt b/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/golden_Rprofile.txt
index 3b27e109..91774d0a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/golden_Rprofile.txt
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/rix_init/golden_Rprofile.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 {
     is_rstudio <- Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO") == "1"
     is_nix_r <- nzchar(Sys.getenv("NIX_STORE"))
+    is_code <- Sys.getenv("TERM_PROGRAM") == "vscode"
+    is_positron <- Sys.getenv("POSITRON") == "1"
     if (isFALSE(is_nix_r) && isTRUE(is_rstudio)) {
         cat("{rix} detected RStudio R session")
         old_path <- Sys.getenv("PATH")
@@ -37,5 +39,16 @@
         .libPaths(new_paths)
         rm(current_paths, userlib_paths, user_dir, new_paths)
     }
-    rm(is_rstudio, is_nix_r)
+    if (isTRUE(is_code) && interactive() && isFALSE(is_rstudio) && isFALSE(is_positron)) {
+        vscode_r_init <- file.path(Sys.getenv(if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") 
+            "USERPROFILE"
+        else "HOME"), ".vscode-R", "init.R")
+        if (file.exists(vscode_r_init)) {
+            source(vscode_r_init)
+        }
+        else {
+            message("No .vscode-R/init.R file found. If you want to use VSCode-R, you need to source it in your .Rprofile or start vscode from within nix-shell")
+        }
+    }
+    rm(is_rstudio, is_nix_r, is_code, is_positron)
 }