diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1da3667223..4153a3ed7d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ m4/ltsugar.m4
 m4/ltversion.m4
 m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 
+compile_commands.json
 doc/openvpn-examples.5
 doc/openvpn-examples.5.html
 doc/openvpn.8
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d40b213cab4..bc46c276edf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Release;Debug;ASAN")
 project(openvpn)
 
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ option(USE_WERROR "Treat compiler warnings as errors (-Werror)" ON)
 
 set(PLUGIN_DIR /usr/local/lib/openvpn/plugins CACHE FILEPATH "Location of the plugin directory")
 
+# Create machine readable compile commands
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
+file(CREATE_LINK ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json SYMBOLIC)
+
 # AddressSanitize - use CXX=clang++ CC=clang cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=asan to build with ASAN
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ASAN
     "-fsanitize=address,undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=all -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g -O1"