diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/QueryDriverDatabase.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/QueryDriverDatabase.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/QueryDriverDatabase.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/QueryDriverDatabase.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Regex.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ScopedPrinter.h"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <iterator>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -238,10 +239,17 @@
 tooling::CompileCommand &
 addSystemIncludes(tooling::CompileCommand &Cmd,
                   llvm::ArrayRef<std::string> SystemIncludes) {
+  std::vector<std::string> ToAppend;
   for (llvm::StringRef Include : SystemIncludes) {
     // FIXME(kadircet): This doesn't work when we have "--driver-mode=cl"
-    Cmd.CommandLine.push_back("-isystem");
-    Cmd.CommandLine.push_back(Include.str());
+    ToAppend.push_back("-isystem");
+    ToAppend.push_back(Include.str());
+  }
+  if (!ToAppend.empty()) {
+    // Just append when `--` isn't present.
+    auto InsertAt = llvm::find(Cmd.CommandLine, "--");
+    Cmd.CommandLine.insert(InsertAt, std::make_move_iterator(ToAppend.begin()),
+                           std::make_move_iterator(ToAppend.end()));
   }
   return Cmd;
 }
@@ -254,7 +262,9 @@
       if (Arg == "-target" || Arg.startswith("--target="))
         return Cmd;
     }
-    Cmd.CommandLine.push_back("--target=" + Target);
+    // Just append when `--` isn't present.
+    auto InsertAt = llvm::find(Cmd.CommandLine, "--");
+    Cmd.CommandLine.insert(InsertAt, "--target=" + Target);
   }
   return Cmd;
 }