diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 9a478c5f983..2cb81f200c7 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2116,6 +2116,8 @@ else:
 
 if options.compile_commands_json:
   gyp_args += ['-f', 'compile_commands_json']
+  os.path.islink('./compile_commands.json') and os.unlink('./compile_commands.json')
+  os.symlink('./out/' + config['BUILDTYPE'] + '/compile_commands.json', './compile_commands.json')
 
 # override the variable `python` defined in common.gypi
 if bin_override is not None: