diff --git a/src/vcpkg.io/install.sh b/src/vcpkg.io/install.sh
index 8c26f70..e667306 100755
--- a/src/vcpkg.io/install.sh
+++ b/src/vcpkg.io/install.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ install() {
     git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg "$vcpkgRoot"
     "$vcpkgRoot/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh" -disableMetrics
     ln -s "$vcpkgRoot/vcpkg" /usr/local/bin/vcpkg
+
+    if [ ${_REMOTE_USER} != "root" ]; then
+        groupadd vcpkg
+        chown -R root:vcpkg $vcpkgRoot
+        chmod g+w $vcpkgRoot
+        usermod -aG vcpkg ${_REMOTE_USER}
+    fi
 }
 echo_banner "devcontainer.community"
 echo "Installing $name..."
diff --git a/test/vcpkg.io/install_with_remote_user.sh b/test/vcpkg.io/install_with_remote_user.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbfc10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vcpkg.io/install_with_remote_user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "install simple package with remote user" bash -c "vcpkg install vcpkg-cmake"
+
+reportResults
diff --git a/test/vcpkg.io/scenarios.json b/test/vcpkg.io/scenarios.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a12c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vcpkg.io/scenarios.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "install_with_remote_user": {
+        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
+        "remoteUser": "vscode",
+        "features": {
+            "vcpkg.io": {}
+        }
+    }
+}
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