diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf0c61a6ac6..e2cb6d8d37a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ out/
 # include shared intellij config
 !.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
 !.idea/runConfigurations/Debug_OpenSearch.xml
+!.idea/vcs.xml
 
 # These files are generated in the main tree by IntelliJ
 benchmarks/src/main/generated/*
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48557884a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+    <component name="IssueNavigationConfiguration">
+        <option name="links">
+            <list>
+                <IssueNavigationLink>
+                    <option name="issueRegexp" value="#(\d+)" />
+                    <option name="linkRegexp" value="https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pulls/$1" />
+                </IssueNavigationLink>
+                <IssueNavigationLink>
+                    <option name="issueRegexp" value="#(\d+)" />
+                    <option name="linkRegexp" value="https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/$1" />
+                </IssueNavigationLink>
+            </list>
+        </option>
+    </component>
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>