diff --git a/addons/misra.py b/addons/misra.py
index 6c096f9d4..d81ef7222 100755
--- a/addons/misra.py
+++ b/addons/misra.py
@@ -543,6 +543,30 @@ def generateTable():
             print(num[:8] + s)
 
 
+def remove_file_prefix(file_path, prefix):
+    """
+    Remove a file path prefix from a give path.  leftover
+    directory separators at the beginning of a file
+    after the removal are also stripped.
+
+    Example:
+        '/remove/this/path/file.c'
+    with a prefix of:
+        '/remove/this/path'
+    becomes:
+        file.c
+    """
+    result = None
+    if file_path.startswith(prefix):
+        result = file_path[len(prefix):]
+        # Remove any leftover directory separators at the
+        # beginning
+        result = result.lstrip('\\/')
+    else:
+        result = file_path
+    return result
+
+
 class Rule(object):
     """Class to keep rule text and metadata"""
 
@@ -636,6 +660,9 @@ class MisraChecker:
         # List of suppression extracted from the dumpfile
         self.dumpfileSuppressions = None
 
+        # Prefix to ignore when matching suppression files.
+        self.filePrefix = None
+
         # Statistics of all violations suppressed per rule
         self.suppressionStats   = dict()
 
@@ -2010,7 +2037,10 @@ class MisraChecker:
         # Remove any prefix listed in command arguments from the filename.
         filename = None
         if location.file is not None:
-            filename = os.path.basename(location.file)
+            if self.filePrefix is not None:
+                filename = remove_file_prefix(location.file, self.filePrefix)
+            else:
+                filename = os.path.basename(location.file)
 
         if ruleNum in self.suppressedRules:
             fileDict = self.suppressedRules[ruleNum]
@@ -2090,6 +2120,12 @@ class MisraChecker:
             for line in sorted(outlist, reverse=True):
                 print("  %s" % line)
 
+    def setFilePrefix(self, prefix):
+        """
+        Set the file prefix to ignnore from files when matching
+        suppression files
+        """
+        self.filePrefix = prefix
 
     def setSuppressionList(self, suppressionlist):
         num1 = 0
@@ -2404,6 +2440,7 @@ def get_args():
     parser.add_argument("-generate-table", help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("dumpfile", nargs='*', help="Path of dump file from cppcheck")
     parser.add_argument("--show-suppressed-rules", help="Print rule suppression list", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("-P", "--file-prefix", type=str, help="Prefix to strip when matching suppression file rules")
     parser.add_argument("--cli", help="Addon is executed from Cppcheck", action="store_true")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -2435,6 +2472,9 @@ def main():
     if args.suppress_rules:
         checker.setSuppressionList(args.suppress_rules)
 
+    if args.file_prefix:
+        checker.setFilePrefix(args.file_prefix)
+
     if args.dumpfile:
         exitCode = 0
         for item in args.dumpfile:
diff --git a/addons/test/test-misra.py b/addons/test/test-misra.py
index 43a549f36..b8750f279 100644
--- a/addons/test/test-misra.py
+++ b/addons/test/test-misra.py
@@ -124,3 +124,34 @@ def test_rules_suppression(checker, capsys):
         found = re.search(re_suppressed, captured)
         assert(found is None)
         dump_remove(src)
+
+
+def test_arguments_regression():
+    args_ok = ["-generate-table",
+               "--rule-texts=./addons/test/assets/misra_rules_multiple_lines.txt",
+               "--verify-rule-texts",
+               "-t=foo", "--template=foo",
+               "--suppress-rules=15.1",
+               "--quiet",
+               "--cli",
+               "--no-summary",
+               "--show-suppressed-rules",
+               "-P=src/", "--file-prefix=src/"]
+    # Arguments with expected SystemExit
+    args_exit = ["--non-exists", "--non-exists-param=42", "-h", "--help"]
+
+    from addons.misra import get_args
+
+    for arg in args_exit:
+        sys.argv.append(arg)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+            get_args()
+        sys.argv.remove(arg)
+
+    for arg in args_ok:
+        sys.argv.append(arg)
+        try:
+            get_args()
+        except SystemExit:
+            pytest.fail("Unexpected SystemExit with '%s'" % arg)
+        sys.argv.remove(arg)