diff --git a/build/tfs/linux/smoketest.sh b/build/tfs/linux/smoketest.sh
index 9487502a0ec0e0aac37330b1cd1495a4f5d8fb3e..9e4cf47ba8b47516f4f981c467b4a3f18d52d64d 100644
--- a/build/tfs/linux/smoketest.sh
+++ b/build/tfs/linux/smoketest.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function configureEnvironment {
 	git config --global user.name "VS Code Agent"
 	git config --global user.email "monacotools@microsoft.com"
 	chown -R testuser $AGENT_BUILDDIRECTORY
+	chown -R testuser ~/.npm
 }
 
 function runTest {