diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9be1e35..368fc62 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ project(krylov_gmres VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 option(KRYLOV_BUILD_TESTS "Build krylov unit tests" ON)
 
diff --git a/compile_commands.json b/compile_commands.json
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..affbd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile_commands.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./build/compile_commands.json
\ No newline at end of file