diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/electron-main/electronPtyHostStarter.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/electron-main/electronPtyHostStarter.ts
index 5f4401c5e4b964..89a093f9607140 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/terminal/electron-main/electronPtyHostStarter.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/terminal/electron-main/electronPtyHostStarter.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ export class ElectronPtyHostStarter extends Disposable implements IPtyHostStarte
 			entryPoint: 'vs/platform/terminal/node/ptyHostMain',
 			execArgv,
 			args: ['--logsPath', this._environmentMainService.logsHome.with({ scheme: Schemas.file }).fsPath],
-			env: this._createPtyHostConfiguration()
+			env: this._createPtyHostConfiguration(),
+			disclaim: true
 		});
 
 		const port = this.utilityProcess.connect();
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/utilityProcess/electron-main/utilityProcess.ts b/src/vs/platform/utilityProcess/electron-main/utilityProcess.ts
index c1dd46b4c1771f..e9a7781b7367b9 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/utilityProcess/electron-main/utilityProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/utilityProcess/electron-main/utilityProcess.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ export interface IUtilityProcessConfiguration {
 	 */
 	readonly allowLoadingUnsignedLibraries?: boolean;
 
+	/**
+	 * On macOS, the flag allows TCC prompts to be attributed
+	 * to the utility process instead of the main application.
+	 */
+	readonly disclaim?: boolean;
+
 	/**
 	 * Used in log messages to correlate the process
 	 * with other components.
@@ -247,6 +253,7 @@ export class UtilityProcess extends Disposable {
 		const args = this.configuration.args ?? [];
 		const execArgv = [...(this.configuration.execArgv ?? [])];
 		const allowLoadingUnsignedLibraries = this.configuration.allowLoadingUnsignedLibraries;
+		const disclaim = this.configuration.disclaim;
 		const jsFlags = app.commandLine.getSwitchValue('js-flags');
 		if (jsFlags) {
 			execArgv.push(`--js-flags=${jsFlags}`);
@@ -263,6 +270,7 @@ export class UtilityProcess extends Disposable {
 			env,
 			execArgv, // !!! Add `--trace-warnings` for node.js tracing !!!
 			allowLoadingUnsignedLibraries,
+			disclaim,
 			respondToAuthRequestsFromMainProcess,
 			stdio
 		});