diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 758c9f0..e93cff3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .zig-cache/
 zig-cache/
 zig-out/
+compile_commands.json
+.cache/
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 08ba1c8..c9b307f 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const zcc = @import("compile_commands");
 
 const executable_name = "wc";
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+    var targets = std.ArrayList(*std.Build.Step.Compile).init(b.allocator);
 
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = executable_name,
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
+    targets.append(exe) catch @panic("OOM");
 
     const cpp_sources = [_][]const u8{
         "src/main.cpp",
@@ -40,4 +43,5 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 
     const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
     run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+    zcc.createStep(b, "cdb", targets.toOwnedSlice() catch @panic("OOM"));
 }
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 52e2b40..db75dd9 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
     .fingerprint = 0xf51ccd2c9e770ecf,
     .version = "0.1.0",
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+    .dependencies = .{
+        .compile_commands = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/the-argus/zig-compile-commands/archive/1a71188d1816cc0741785d4694f790a1106a150a.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "N-V-__8AABjOAAD9JOGy29zdkAQcgyQyd0NaOn0zP0KyC40W",
+        },
+    },
     .paths = .{
         "build.zig",
         "build.zig.zon",