diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 7b2b22c3a..7b7fe97d4 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
+    "rust-analyzer.cargo.extraEnv": {
+        "RUSTFLAGS": "--cfg zcash_unstable=\"orchard\""
+    },
     "rust-analyzer.cargo.features": "all"
 }
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