diff --git a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGBackend.kt b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGBackend.kt
index 8f37c367b..3eeaafb3c 100644
--- a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGBackend.kt
+++ b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGBackend.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import de.fraunhofer.aisec.codyze.core.backend.BackendConfiguration
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationConfiguration
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationManager
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationResult
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.CompilationDatabase
 import io.github.detekt.sarif4k.Artifact
 import io.github.detekt.sarif4k.ArtifactLocation
 import io.github.detekt.sarif4k.ToolComponent
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ open class CPGBackend(config: BackendConfiguration) : Backend {
                 .useUnityBuild(useUnityBuild)
                 .processAnnotations(processAnnotations)
 
+        compilationDatabase?.let {
+            translationConfiguration.useCompilationDatabase(
+                CompilationDatabase.fromFile(it.toFile(), filterCompilationDatabase)
+            )
+        }
+
         // TODO: very hacky, but needed for the Go frontend
         source.firstOrNull()?.parent?.toFile().let { translationConfiguration.topLevel(it) }
 
diff --git a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGConfiguration.kt b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGConfiguration.kt
index d7780e252..7220755bb 100644
--- a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGConfiguration.kt
+++ b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGConfiguration.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ data class CPGConfiguration(
     val includePaths: List<Path>,
     val includeAllowlist: List<Path>,
     val includeBlocklist: List<Path>,
+    val compilationDatabase: Path? = null,
+    val filterCompilationDatabase: List<String> = emptyList<String>(),
 ) : BackendConfiguration {
     init {
         logger.info { "Analyzing following sources $source" }
diff --git a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGOptionGroup.kt b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGOptionGroup.kt
index 5225dd76f..be9ce9d5e 100644
--- a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGOptionGroup.kt
+++ b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/CPGOptionGroup.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ import kotlin.reflect.full.isSuperclassOf
  */
 @Suppress("UNUSED")
 class CPGOptionGroup : BackendOptions(helpName = "CPG Backend Options") {
+
+    val compilationDatabase: Path? by option(
+        "--compilationDatabase",
+        help = "Use compilation database to load project specific files and includes",
+    )
+        .path(mustExist = true, mustBeReadable = true)
+
+    val filterCompilationDatabase: List<String> by option(
+        "--filterCompilationDatabase",
+        help = "Filters compilation database for specific components",
+    )
+        .multiple()
+
     private val rawSource: List<Path> by option(
         "-s",
         "--source",
diff --git a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/BaseCpgBackendCommand.kt b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/BaseCpgBackendCommand.kt
index 0427389e1..26848c946 100644
--- a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/BaseCpgBackendCommand.kt
+++ b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/BaseCpgBackendCommand.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class BaseCpgBackendCommand : BackendCommand<CPGBackend>("cpg") {
                 includePaths = includePaths,
                 includeAllowlist = includeAllowlist,
                 includeBlocklist = includeBlocklist,
+                compilationDatabase = compilationDatabase,
+                filterCompilationDatabase = filterCompilationDatabase,
             ).normalize()
         )
     }
diff --git a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/CokoCpgBackendCommand.kt b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/CokoCpgBackendCommand.kt
index d28262cba..413078bf7 100644
--- a/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/CokoCpgBackendCommand.kt
+++ b/codyze-backends/cpg/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/codyze/backends/cpg/cli/CokoCpgBackendCommand.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class CokoCpgBackendCommand : BackendCommand<CokoBackend>("cokoCpg") {
                 includePaths = includePaths,
                 includeAllowlist = includeAllowlist,
                 includeBlocklist = includeBlocklist,
+                compilationDatabase = compilationDatabase,
+                filterCompilationDatabase = filterCompilationDatabase,
             ).normalize()
         )
     }