diff --git a/test/cli/proj2/a/a.c b/test/cli/proj2/a/a.c
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diff --git a/test/cli/proj2/b/b.c b/test/cli/proj2/b/b.c
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diff --git a/test/cli/proj2/proj2-exclude.cppcheck b/test/cli/proj2/proj2-exclude.cppcheck
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="1">
+    <root name="."/>
+    <importproject>compile_commands.json</importproject>
+    <exclude>
+        <path name="b"/>
+    </exclude>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/test/cli/proj2/proj2.cppcheck b/test/cli/proj2/proj2.cppcheck
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="1">
+    <root name="."/>
+    <importproject>compile_commands.json</importproject>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/test/cli/test-proj2.py b/test/cli/test-proj2.py
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+
+# python -m pytest test-helloworld.py
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+COMPILE_COMMANDS_JSON = os.path.join('proj2', 'compile_commands.json')
+
+def create_compile_commands(path):
+    j = [{'directory': path+'/a', 'command': 'gcc -c a.c', 'file': 'a.c'},
+         {'directory': path+'/b', 'command': 'gcc -c b.c', 'file': 'b.c'}]
+    f = open(COMPILE_COMMANDS_JSON, 'wt')
+    f.write(json.dumps(j))
+
+# Run Cppcheck with args
+def cppcheck(args):
+    if os.path.isfile('../../bin/debug/cppcheck.exe'):
+        cmd = '../../bin/debug/cppcheck.exe ' + args
+    elif os.path.isfile('../../../bin/debug/cppcheck.exe'):
+        cmd = '../../../bin/debug/cppcheck.exe ' + args
+    elif os.path.isfile('../../cppcheck'):
+        cmd = '../../cppcheck ' + args
+    else:
+        cmd = '../../../cppcheck ' + args
+    logging.info(cmd)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    comm = p.communicate()
+    stdout = comm[0].decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore').replace('\r\n', '\n')
+    stderr = comm[1].decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore').replace('\r\n', '\n')
+    return p.returncode, stdout, stderr
+
+def test_local_path():
+    create_compile_commands(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'proj2'))
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir('proj2')
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck('--project=compile_commands.json')
+    os.chdir(cwd)
+    file1 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'a', 'a.c')
+    file2 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'b', 'b.c')
+    assert ret == 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file1)) >= 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file2)) >= 0
+
+def test_relative_path():
+    create_compile_commands(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'proj2'))
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck('--project=' + COMPILE_COMMANDS_JSON)
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    file1 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'a', 'a.c')
+    file2 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'b', 'b.c')
+    assert ret == 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file1)) >= 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file2)) >= 0
+
+def test_absolute_path():
+    create_compile_commands(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'proj2'))
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck('--project=' + os.path.join(cwd,COMPILE_COMMANDS_JSON))
+    file1 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'a', 'a.c')
+    file2 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'b', 'b.c')
+    assert ret == 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file1)) >= 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file2)) >= 0
+
+def test_project_1():
+    create_compile_commands(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'proj2'))
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck('--project=proj2/proj2.cppcheck')
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    file1 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'a', 'a.c')
+    file2 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'b', 'b.c')
+    assert ret == 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file1)) >= 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file2)) >= 0
+
+def test_project_2():
+    create_compile_commands(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'proj2'))
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck('--project=proj2/proj2-exclude.cppcheck')
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    file1 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'a', 'a.c')
+    file2 = os.path.join(cwd, 'proj2', 'b', 'b.c') # Excluded by proj2-exclude.cppcheck
+    assert ret == 0
+    assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file1)) >= 0
+    #assert stdout.find('Checking %s ...' % (file2)) < 0
+