diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b1ddfe..140465c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .have_docker
 tags
+.cache
 
 # Ignore list for: c
 *.d
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 637db04..ed11c0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ OPENOCD_DIR  ?= $(dir $(shell command -v openocd))/..
 
 all: .have_docker
 	${DOCKER_CMD} ${DOCKER_IMAGE} make lall
+	sed -i -e "s%"'"'"/project/%"'"'"$$(readlink -f .)/%" ${MESON_DIR}/compile_commands.json
 wipe: clean all
 
 lall: ${MESON_DIR}
diff --git a/compile_commands.json b/compile_commands.json
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..9a39b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile_commands.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mbuild/compile_commands.json
\ No newline at end of file