diff --git a/.changeset/mighty-mirrors-tease.md b/.changeset/mighty-mirrors-tease.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49d954264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mighty-mirrors-tease.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@powersync/service-sync-rules': patch
+---
+
+Restore `schema/sync_rules.json` file removed in version `0.43.0`.
diff --git a/packages/sync-rules/scripts/compile-schema.js b/packages/sync-rules/scripts/compile-schema.js
index 71ecba6a9..176235ce9 100644
--- a/packages/sync-rules/scripts/compile-schema.js
+++ b/packages/sync-rules/scripts/compile-schema.js
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ const schemaDir = path.join(__dirname, '../schema');
 
 fs.mkdirSync(schemaDir, { recursive: true });
 
-fs.writeFileSync(path.join(schemaDir, 'sync_config.json'), JSON.stringify(syncRulesSchema, null, '\t'));
+const contents = JSON.stringify(syncRulesSchema, null, '\t');
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(schemaDir, 'sync_config.json'), contents);
+
+// For backwards compatibility with the CLI embedding an unpkg url pointing to this file in a
+// `yaml-language-server: $schema=` comment.
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(schemaDir, 'sync_rules.json'), contents);