diff --git a/images/macos/provision/core/vcpkg.sh b/images/macos/provision/core/vcpkg.sh
index a1ac7c254..7ba161725 100644
--- a/images/macos/provision/core/vcpkg.sh
+++ b/images/macos/provision/core/vcpkg.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ source ~/utils/utils.sh
 VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT=/usr/local/share/vcpkg
 echo "export VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT=${VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT}" | tee -a ~/.bashrc
 
+# workaround https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/27786
+
+mkdir -p /Users/runner/.vcpkg
+touch /Users/runner/.vcpkg/vcpkg.path.txt
+
 # Install vcpkg
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
 $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
@@ -12,4 +17,6 @@ $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/vcpkg integrate install
 chmod -R 0777 $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
 ln -sf $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/vcpkg /usr/local/bin
 
+rm -rf /Users/runner/.vcpkg
+
 invoke_tests "Common" "vcpkg"