diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index 41a442753..b33bc44f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare CMake dependencies
         run: |
           # make sure the precompiled headers exist
+          make -C cmake.output/cli cmake_pch.hxx.pch
           make -C cmake.output/gui cmake_pch.hxx.pch
           make -C cmake.output/lib cmake_pch.hxx.pch
           make -C cmake.output/test cmake_pch.hxx.pch
diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index b4f83e4df..c0b27afad 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ else()
     target_include_directories(cli_objs SYSTEM PRIVATE ${tinyxml2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 target_include_directories(cli_objs PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/simplecpp/)
+if (NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)
+    target_precompile_headers(cli_objs PRIVATE precompiled.h)
+endif()
 if (BUILD_CORE_DLL)
     target_compile_definitions(cli_objs PRIVATE CPPCHECKLIB_IMPORT TINYXML2_IMPORT)
 endif()
diff --git a/cli/cli.vcxproj b/cli/cli.vcxproj
index d266995de..35d3f9961 100644
--- a/cli/cli.vcxproj
+++ b/cli/cli.vcxproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug-PCRE|Win32">
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -193,6 +196,9 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -219,6 +225,9 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -245,6 +254,9 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -276,6 +288,9 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
@@ -311,6 +326,9 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
@@ -347,6 +365,9 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
@@ -382,6 +403,9 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4127;4146;4244;4251;4267;4389;4482;4512;4701;4706;4800;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precompiled.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>precompiled.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /Zc:__cplusplus %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EnforceTypeConversionRules>true</EnforceTypeConversionRules>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp14</LanguageStandard>
@@ -424,7 +448,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="cppcheckexecutor.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cppcheckexecutorseh.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cppcheckexecutorsig.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="executor.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="executor.cpp">
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-PCRE|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug-PCRE|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-PCRE|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug-PCRE|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="filelister.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="processexecutor.cpp" />
diff --git a/cli/precompiled.h b/cli/precompiled.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..352f372aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/precompiled.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2023 Cppcheck team.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "cppcheck.h"
+#include "settings.h"
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index d486140a3..f895c2561 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     // Visual Studio projects
     write_vcxproj("cli/cli.vcxproj", [&](std::string &outstr){
         for (const std::string &clifile: clifiles) {
-            outstr += make_vcxproj_cl_entry(clifile.substr(4), Compile);
+            const std::string c = clifile.substr(4);
+            outstr += make_vcxproj_cl_entry(c, c == "executor.cpp" ? Precompile : Compile);
         }
     }, [&](std::string &outstr){
         for (const std::string &clifile_h: clifiles_h) {