diff --git a/tools/defines/readme.md b/tools/defines/readme.md
index 7865bb57681c..ed9d372c0919 100644
--- a/tools/defines/readme.md
+++ b/tools/defines/readme.md
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ Outputs the defines provided by `limits.h`/`climits`.
 - `stdint.c`
 Outputs the defines provided by `stdint.h`/`cstdint`.
 - `create_platform_cfg.sh`
-Generates a platform file from the given compiler which can be given to Cppcheck via `--platform`.
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+Generates a platform file from the given compiler which can be given to Cppcheck via `--platform`.
+- `run_cppcheck.sh`
+Generates the compiler-specific configurations for the given compiler and runs Cppcheck with them.
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diff --git a/tools/defines/run_cppcheck.sh b/tools/defines/run_cppcheck.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af0567c58320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/defines/run_cppcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# TODO: use temporary filename
+./create_platform_cfg.sh > platform.cfg
+
+# TODO: add option to pass define to cppcheck
+./defines.sh > defines.txt
+
+./cppcheck --platform=platform.cfg "$@"
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