diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 02b13c8ee5..c93225ca26 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
 .github export-ignore
+.lgtm.yml export-ignore
diff --git a/.lgtm.yml b/.lgtm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c36bdbb55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lgtm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+extraction:
+  cpp:
+    configure:
+      command:
+      - "mkdir build"
+      - "cd build"
+      - "cmake -G Ninja -C ../cmake/presets/minimal.cmake ../cmake"
+    index:
+      build_command:
+      - "cd build"
+      - "ninja"