diff --git a/cli/gitauth/vscode.go b/cli/gitauth/vscode.go
index fbd2265192..daaf64c827 100644
--- a/cli/gitauth/vscode.go
+++ b/cli/gitauth/vscode.go
@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@ func OverrideVSCodeConfigs(fs afero.Fs) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	mutate := func(m map[string]interface{}) {
-		// This prevents VS Code from overriding GIT_ASKPASS, which
-		// we use to automatically authenticate Git providers.
-		m["git.useIntegratedAskPass"] = false
-		// This prevents VS Code from using it's own GitHub authentication
-		// which would circumvent cloning with Coder-configured providers.
-		m["github.gitAuthentication"] = false
+		// These defaults prevent VS Code from overriding
+		// GIT_ASKPASS and using its own GitHub authentication,
+		// which would circumvent cloning with Coder-configured
+		// providers. We only set them if they are not already
+		// present so that template authors can override them
+		// via module settings (e.g. the vscode-web module).
+		if _, ok := m["git.useIntegratedAskPass"]; !ok {
+			m["git.useIntegratedAskPass"] = false
+		}
+		if _, ok := m["github.gitAuthentication"]; !ok {
+			m["github.gitAuthentication"] = false
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, configPath := range []string{
diff --git a/cli/gitauth/vscode_test.go b/cli/gitauth/vscode_test.go
index 7bff62fafd..fd4762c33b 100644
--- a/cli/gitauth/vscode_test.go
+++ b/cli/gitauth/vscode_test.go
@@ -61,4 +61,31 @@ func TestOverrideVSCodeConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, "something", mapping["hotdogs"])
 		}
 	})
+	t.Run("NoOverwrite", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		fs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+		mapping := map[string]interface{}{
+			"git.useIntegratedAskPass": true,
+			"github.gitAuthentication": true,
+			"other.setting":            "preserved",
+		}
+		data, err := json.Marshal(mapping)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		for _, configPath := range configPaths {
+			err = afero.WriteFile(fs, configPath, data, 0o600)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+		err = gitauth.OverrideVSCodeConfigs(fs)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		for _, configPath := range configPaths {
+			data, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, configPath)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			mapping := map[string]interface{}{}
+			err = json.Unmarshal(data, &mapping)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, true, mapping["git.useIntegratedAskPass"])
+			require.Equal(t, true, mapping["github.gitAuthentication"])
+			require.Equal(t, "preserved", mapping["other.setting"])
+		}
+	})
 }