diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
index 0cee278f54464bc181de039000baa010fec9f9bf..04305fd4e71bfb1c7a38430e4aec636dbe3e1993 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function buildDebPackage(arch) {
 	], { cwd: '.build/linux/deb/' + debArch});
 }
 
-var rpmBuildPath = path.join(os.homedir(), 'rpmbuild');
+var rpmBuildPath = typeof os.homedir === 'function' ? path.join(os.homedir(), 'rpmbuild') : null;
 
 function getRpmPackageArch(arch) {
 	return { x64: 'x86_64', ia32: 'i386' }[arch];