diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index af4d60a3..276f9e57 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
 # enable_pipupgrade = true                         ###disabled by default
 # pipupgrade_arguments = "-y -u --pip-path pip"    ###disabled by default
 
-# For the poetry step, by default, Topgrade skips its update if poetry is not 
-# installed with the official script. This configuration entry forces Topgrade 
+# For the poetry step, by default, Topgrade skips its update if poetry is not
+# installed with the official script. This configuration entry forces Topgrade
 # to run the update in this case.
 #
 # (default: false)
@@ -315,3 +315,9 @@
 # If enabled, each updated version above will be marked with `zigup keep`.
 # (default: false)
 # cleanup = false
+
+[vscode]
+# If this is set and is a non-empty string, it specifies the profile the
+# extensions should be updated for.
+# (default: this won't be set by default)
+# profile = ""
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c722f881..dcbd7f14 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -471,6 +471,12 @@ pub struct Zigup {
     cleanup: Option<bool>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Default, Debug, Merge)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct VscodeConfig {
+    profile: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Default, Debug, Merge)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 /// Configuration file
@@ -543,6 +549,9 @@ pub struct ConfigFile {
 
     #[merge(strategy = crate::utils::merge_strategies::inner_merge_opt)]
     zigup: Option<Zigup>,
+
+    #[merge(strategy = crate::utils::merge_strategies::inner_merge_opt)]
+    vscode: Option<VscodeConfig>,
 }
 
 fn config_directory() -> PathBuf {
@@ -1710,6 +1719,17 @@ impl Config {
             .and_then(|zigup| zigup.cleanup)
             .unwrap_or(false)
     }
+
+    pub fn vscode_profile(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        let vscode_cfg = self.config_file.vscode.as_ref()?;
+        let profile = vscode_cfg.profile.as_ref()?;
+
+        if profile.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(profile.as_str())
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/steps/generic.rs b/src/steps/generic.rs
index 086ae277..46a4cbfd 100644
--- a/src/steps/generic.rs
+++ b/src/steps/generic.rs
@@ -469,10 +469,19 @@ pub fn run_vscode_extensions_update(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
 
     print_separator("Visual Studio Code extensions");
 
-    ctx.run_type()
-        .execute(vscode)
-        .arg("--update-extensions")
-        .status_checked()
+    if let Some(profile) = ctx.config().vscode_profile() {
+        ctx.run_type()
+            .execute(vscode)
+            .arg("--profile")
+            .arg(profile)
+            .arg("--update-extensions")
+            .status_checked()
+    } else {
+        ctx.run_type()
+            .execute(vscode)
+            .arg("--update-extensions")
+            .status_checked()
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn run_pipx_update(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {