diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9e568f2788..ae59722df1f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -500,10 +500,10 @@ $(libcppdir)/checkbool.o: lib/checkbool.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/c
 $(libcppdir)/checkboost.o: lib/checkboost.cpp lib/check.h lib/checkboost.h lib/config.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkboost.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.o: lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkbufferoverrun.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.o: lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkbufferoverrun.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkclass.o: lib/checkclass.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkclass.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkclass.o: lib/checkclass.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkclass.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkclass.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/checkcondition.o: lib/checkcondition.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkcondition.h lib/checkother.h lib/config.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ $(libcppdir)/checktype.o: lib/checktype.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/chec
 $(libcppdir)/checkuninitvar.o: lib/checkuninitvar.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checknullpointer.h lib/checkuninitvar.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkuninitvar.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.o: lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/checkunusedfunctions.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.o: lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/checkunusedfunctions.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/checkunusedvar.o: lib/checkunusedvar.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/checkunusedvar.h lib/config.h lib/errortypes.h lib/fwdanalysis.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/vfvalue.h
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ $(libcppdir)/color.o: lib/color.cpp lib/color.h lib/config.h
 $(libcppdir)/cppcheck.o: lib/cppcheck.cpp externals/picojson/picojson.h externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/checkunusedfunctions.h lib/clangimport.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/json.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/timer.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/version.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/cppcheck.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/ctu.o: lib/ctu.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/ctu.o: lib/ctu.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/astutils.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/ctu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/smallvector.h lib/sourcelocation.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/ctu.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/errorlogger.o: lib/errorlogger.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/token.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/vfvalue.h lib/xml.h
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ cli/stacktrace.o: cli/stacktrace.cpp cli/stacktrace.h lib/config.h lib/utils.h
 cli/threadexecutor.o: cli/threadexecutor.cpp cli/executor.h cli/threadexecutor.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/timer.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ cli/threadexecutor.cpp
 
-test/fixture.o: test/fixture.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h test/helpers.h test/options.h test/redirect.h
+test/fixture.o: test/fixture.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h test/helpers.h test/options.h test/redirect.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ test/fixture.cpp
 
 test/helpers.o: test/helpers.cpp cli/filelister.h externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/config.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/helpers.h
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ test/testconstructors.o: test/testconstructors.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp
 test/testcppcheck.o: test/testcppcheck.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h test/fixture.h test/helpers.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ test/testcppcheck.cpp
 
-test/testerrorlogger.o: test/testerrorlogger.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h
+test/testerrorlogger.o: test/testerrorlogger.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ test/testerrorlogger.cpp
 
 test/testexceptionsafety.o: test/testexceptionsafety.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/checkexceptionsafety.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h test/fixture.h test/helpers.h
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ test/testpath.o: test/testpath.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h lib/addoninfo
 test/testpathmatch.o: test/testpathmatch.cpp lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h test/fixture.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ test/testpathmatch.cpp
 
-test/testplatform.o: test/testplatform.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h
+test/testplatform.o: test/testplatform.cpp externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h lib/xml.h test/fixture.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ test/testplatform.cpp
 
 test/testpostfixoperator.o: test/testpostfixoperator.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/checkpostfixoperator.h lib/color.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/platform.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h test/fixture.h test/helpers.h
diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index ae780f0ffe0..62e94876859 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -94,13 +94,7 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const char exename[], const char path[], bool debug
     tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
     if (debug)
         std::cout << "looking for library '" + std::string(path) + "'" << std::endl;
-    tinyxml2::XMLError error = doc.LoadFile(path);
-    // TODO: do not ignore read errors
-    if (error == tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_READ_ERROR && Path::getFilenameExtension(path).empty())
-    {
-        // Reading file failed, try again...
-        error = tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
-    }
+    tinyxml2::XMLError error = xml_LoadFile(doc, path);
     if (error == tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) {
         // failed to open file.. is there no extension?
         std::string fullfilename(path);
@@ -108,7 +102,7 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const char exename[], const char path[], bool debug
             fullfilename += ".cfg";
             if (debug)
                 std::cout << "looking for library '" + std::string(fullfilename) + "'" << std::endl;
-            error = doc.LoadFile(fullfilename.c_str());
+            error = xml_LoadFile(doc, fullfilename.c_str());
             if (error != tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
                 absolute_path = Path::getAbsoluteFilePath(fullfilename);
         }
@@ -134,7 +128,7 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const char exename[], const char path[], bool debug
                 const std::string filename(cfgfolder + sep + fullfilename);
                 if (debug)
                     std::cout << "looking for library '" + std::string(filename) + "'" << std::endl;
-                error = doc.LoadFile(filename.c_str());
+                error = xml_LoadFile(doc, filename.c_str());
                 if (error != tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
                     absolute_path = Path::getAbsoluteFilePath(filename);
             }
diff --git a/lib/xml.h b/lib/xml.h
index c8c258d973a..8c720466201 100644
--- a/lib/xml.h
+++ b/lib/xml.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define xmlH
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "path.h"
 
 SUPPRESS_WARNING_CLANG_PUSH("-Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant")
 SUPPRESS_WARNING_CLANG_PUSH("-Wsuggest-destructor-override")
@@ -31,4 +32,12 @@ SUPPRESS_WARNING_CLANG_POP
 SUPPRESS_WARNING_CLANG_POP
 SUPPRESS_WARNING_CLANG_POP
 
+inline static tinyxml2::XMLError xml_LoadFile(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc, const char* filename)
+{
+    // tinyxml2 will fail with a misleading XML_ERROR_FILE_READ_ERROR when you try to load a directory as a XML file
+    if (Path::isDirectory(filename))
+        return tinyxml2::XMLError::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
+    return doc.LoadFile(filename);
+}
+
 #endif // xmlH
diff --git a/oss-fuzz/Makefile b/oss-fuzz/Makefile
index 96539e9f650..6262eca078a 100644
--- a/oss-fuzz/Makefile
+++ b/oss-fuzz/Makefile
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ $(libcppdir)/checkbool.o: ../lib/checkbool.cpp ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutil
 $(libcppdir)/checkboost.o: ../lib/checkboost.cpp ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkboost.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkboost.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.o: ../lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkbufferoverrun.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.o: ../lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkbufferoverrun.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkclass.o: ../lib/checkclass.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkclass.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkclass.o: ../lib/checkclass.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkclass.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkclass.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/checkcondition.o: ../lib/checkcondition.cpp ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkcondition.h ../lib/checkother.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ $(libcppdir)/checktype.o: ../lib/checktype.cpp ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/check.h
 $(libcppdir)/checkuninitvar.o: ../lib/checkuninitvar.cpp ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checknullpointer.h ../lib/checkuninitvar.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkuninitvar.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.o: ../lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/checkunusedfunctions.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.o: ../lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/checkunusedfunctions.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/checkunusedvar.o: ../lib/checkunusedvar.cpp ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkunusedvar.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/fwdanalysis.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/vfvalue.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ $(libcppdir)/color.o: ../lib/color.cpp ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h
 $(libcppdir)/cppcheck.o: ../lib/cppcheck.cpp ../externals/picojson/picojson.h ../externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/analyzerinfo.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/checkunusedfunctions.h ../lib/clangimport.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/cppcheck.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/filesettings.h ../lib/json.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/preprocessor.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/timer.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/valueflow.h ../lib/version.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/cppcheck.cpp
 
-$(libcppdir)/ctu.o: ../lib/ctu.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
+$(libcppdir)/ctu.o: ../lib/ctu.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/astutils.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/ctu.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/smallvector.h ../lib/sourcelocation.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/symboldatabase.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenize.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
 	$(CXX) ${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(libcppdir)/ctu.cpp
 
 $(libcppdir)/errorlogger.o: ../lib/errorlogger.cpp ../externals/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h ../lib/addoninfo.h ../lib/analyzerinfo.h ../lib/check.h ../lib/color.h ../lib/config.h ../lib/cppcheck.h ../lib/errorlogger.h ../lib/errortypes.h ../lib/library.h ../lib/mathlib.h ../lib/path.h ../lib/platform.h ../lib/settings.h ../lib/standards.h ../lib/suppressions.h ../lib/templatesimplifier.h ../lib/token.h ../lib/tokenlist.h ../lib/utils.h ../lib/vfvalue.h ../lib/xml.h
diff --git a/test/cli/other_test.py b/test/cli/other_test.py
index 88316ea7824..a5ed79effed 100644
--- a/test/cli/other_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/other_test.py
@@ -1705,3 +1705,30 @@ def test_lib_lookup_absolute_notfound(tmpdir):
         "library not found: '{}'".format(cfg_file),
         "cppcheck: Failed to load library configuration file '{}'. File not found".format(cfg_file)
     ]
+
+
+def test_lib_lookup_nofile(tmpdir):
+    test_file = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.c')
+    with open(test_file, 'wt'):
+        pass
+
+    # make sure we do not produce an error when the attempted lookup path is a directory and not a file
+    gtk_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'gtk')
+    os.mkdir(gtk_dir)
+    gtk_cfg_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'gtk.cfg')
+    os.mkdir(gtk_cfg_dir)
+
+    exitcode, stdout, _, exe = cppcheck_ex(['--library=gtk', '--debug-lookup', test_file], cwd=tmpdir)
+    exepath = os.path.dirname(exe)
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        exepath = exepath.replace('\\', '/')
+    assert exitcode == 0, stdout
+    lines = __remove_std_lookup_log(stdout.splitlines(), exepath)
+    assert lines == [
+        "looking for library 'gtk'",
+        "looking for library 'gtk.cfg'",
+        "looking for library '{}/gtk.cfg'".format(exepath),
+        "looking for library '{}/../cfg/gtk.cfg'".format(exepath),
+        "looking for library '{}/cfg/gtk.cfg'".format(exepath),
+        'Checking {} ...'.format(test_file)
+    ]