diff --git a/scripts/sanitycheck b/scripts/sanitycheck
index c0f7ac2fa0a..ca4ebd004d9 100755
--- a/scripts/sanitycheck
+++ b/scripts/sanitycheck
@@ -1841,6 +1841,9 @@ class CMake():
                 '-G{}'.format(get_generator()[1])
                 ]
 
+        if options.cmake_only:
+            cmake_args.append("-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1")
+
         args = ["-D{}".format(a.replace('"', '')) for a in args]
         cmake_args.extend(args)