diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
index 8d4559bb81..8f4d962fbb 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 import os
 import pickle
 import re
+import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 from codechecker_common.logger import get_logger
 
-from codechecker_analyzer import analyzer_context
+from codechecker_analyzer import analyzer_context, env
 from codechecker_analyzer.env import get_binary_in_path
 
 from .. import analyzer_base
@@ -225,6 +226,8 @@ def construct_analyzer_cmd(self, result_handler):
 
             analyzer_cmd.append('--plist-output=' + str(output_dir))
 
+            analyzer_cmd.extend(config.analyzer_extra_arguments)
+
             analyzer_cmd.append(self.source_file)
 
             return analyzer_cmd
@@ -389,6 +392,21 @@ def construct_config_handler(cls, args):
 
         handler.analyzer_config = analyzer_config
 
+        try:
+            with open(args.cppcheck_args_cfg_file, 'r', encoding='utf8',
+                      errors='ignore') as sa_cfg:
+                handler.analyzer_extra_arguments = \
+                    re.sub(r'\$\((.*?)\)',
+                           env.replace_env_var(args.cppcheck_args_cfg_file),
+                           sa_cfg.read().strip())
+                handler.analyzer_extra_arguments = \
+                    shlex.split(handler.analyzer_extra_arguments)
+        except IOError as ioerr:
+            LOG.debug_analyzer(ioerr)
+        except AttributeError as aerr:
+            # No cppcheck arguments file was given in the command line.
+            LOG.debug_analyzer(aerr)
+
         check_env = context.analyzer_env
 
         # Overwrite PATH to contain only the parent of the cppcheck binary.
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
index 16303980c7..dd3fe1f8fe 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ def add_arguments_to_parser(parser):
 
     cmd_config.add_option(analyzer_opts)
 
+    analyzer_opts.add_argument('--cppcheckargs',
+                               dest="cppcheck_args_cfg_file",
+                               required=False,
+                               default=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+                               help="File containing argument which will be "
+                                    "forwarded verbatim for Cppcheck.")
+
     analyzer_opts.add_argument('--saargs',
                                dest="clangsa_args_cfg_file",
                                required=False,
diff --git a/analyzer/tests/unit/test_checker_handling.py b/analyzer/tests/unit/test_checker_handling.py
index 19824cbffd..2189b30128 100644
--- a/analyzer/tests/unit/test_checker_handling.py
+++ b/analyzer/tests/unit/test_checker_handling.py
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 from distutils import util
 import os
 import re
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 from argparse import Namespace
 
 from codechecker_analyzer.analyzers.clangsa.analyzer import ClangSA
 from codechecker_analyzer.analyzers.clangtidy.analyzer import ClangTidy
+from codechecker_analyzer.analyzers.cppcheck.analyzer import Cppcheck
 from codechecker_analyzer.analyzers.config_handler import CheckerState
 from codechecker_analyzer.analyzers.clangtidy.config_handler \
         import is_compiler_warning
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ def occurring_values(self, label):
         elif label == 'sei-cert':
             return ['rule1', 'rule2']
 
+    def checkers(self, analyzer=None):
+        return []
+
 
 def create_analyzer_sa():
     args = []
@@ -434,3 +439,37 @@ def test_clang_diags_as_compiler_warnings(self):
         # -Wno-unused-value.
         self.assertEqual(cmd.count('-Wvla'), 1)
         self.assertEqual(cmd.count('-Wvla-extension'), 1)
+
+
+def create_analyzer_cppcheck(args, workspace):
+    cfg_handler = Cppcheck.construct_config_handler(args)
+
+    action = {
+        'file': 'main.cpp',
+        'command': "g++ -o main main.cpp",
+        'directory': workspace}
+    build_action = log_parser.parse_options(action)
+
+    return Cppcheck(cfg_handler, build_action)
+
+
+class CheckerHandlingCppcheckTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_cppcheckargs(self):
+        """
+        Check if the content of --cppcheckargs config file is properly passed
+        to the analyzer command.
+        """
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_ws:
+            cppcheckargs = os.path.join(tmp_ws, 'cppcheckargs')
+            with open(cppcheckargs, 'w',
+                      encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as f:
+                f.write('--max-ctu-depth=42')
+
+            args = Namespace()
+            args.cppcheck_args_cfg_file = cppcheckargs
+
+            analyzer = create_analyzer_cppcheck(args, tmp_ws)
+            result_handler = create_result_handler(analyzer)
+            cmd = analyzer.construct_analyzer_cmd(result_handler)
+
+            self.assertIn('--max-ctu-depth=42', cmd)
diff --git a/docs/analyzer/user_guide.md b/docs/analyzer/user_guide.md
index 96c814995a..00b6a576ba 100644
--- a/docs/analyzer/user_guide.md
+++ b/docs/analyzer/user_guide.md
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ usage: CodeChecker analyze [-h] [-j JOBS]
                            [-n NAME] [--analyzers ANALYZER [ANALYZER ...]]
                            [--capture-analysis-output] [--generate-reproducer]
                            [--config CONFIG_FILE]
-                           [--cppcheck-args CPPCHECK_ARGS_CFG_FILE]
+                           [--cppcheckargs CPPCHECK_ARGS_CFG_FILE]
                            [--saargs CLANGSA_ARGS_CFG_FILE]
                            [--tidyargs TIDY_ARGS_CFG_FILE]
                            [--timeout TIMEOUT]
@@ -1122,9 +1122,9 @@ analyzer arguments:
                         For more information see the docs: https://github.com/
                         Ericsson/codechecker/tree/master/docs/config_file.md
                         (default: None)
-  --cppcheck-args CPPCHECK_ARGS_CFG_FILE
-                        Configuration file to pass cppcheck command line
-                        arguments.
+  --cppcheckargs CPPCHECK_ARGS_CFG_FILE
+                        File containing argument which will be forwarded
+                        verbatim for Cppcheck.
   --saargs CLANGSA_ARGS_CFG_FILE
                         File containing argument which will be forwarded
                         verbatim for the Clang Static Analyzer.