diff --git a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCHeaderRules.cmake b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCHeaderRules.cmake
--- a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCHeaderRules.cmake
+++ b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCHeaderRules.cmake
@@ -104,3 +104,37 @@
     DEPENDS ${out_file} ${fq_deps_list}
   )
 endfunction(add_gen_header)
+
+# This function is use to retrieve the host compiler's resource dir.
+function(get_compiler_resource_dir)
+  if(COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR)
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  # Use --print-resource-dir to find the compiler resource dir if this flag
+  # is supported by the compiler.
+  execute_process(
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} --print-resource-dir
+    RESULT_VARIABLE COMMAND_RETURN_CODE
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR
+  )
+  if(COMMAND_RETURN_CODE EQUAL 0)
+    set(COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR
+      "${COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR}" CACHE PATH "path to compiler resource dir"
+    )
+    message(STATUS "Set COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR to
+                    ${COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR} using --print-resource-dir")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  # Fallback if --print-resource-dir is not supported by the compiler.
+  # TODO, see if there is a better way to do this.
+  find_path(stddef_file_loc stddef.h)
+  set(COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR
+    "${stddef_file_loc}/../" CACHE PATH "path to compiler resource dir"
+  )
+  message(STATUS "Set COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR to
+                  ${COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR} using location of stddef.h")
+
+endfunction(get_compiler_resource_dir)
diff --git a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCObjectRules.cmake b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCObjectRules.cmake
--- a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCObjectRules.cmake
+++ b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCObjectRules.cmake
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 
   if(LLVM_LIBC_ENABLE_LINTING)
     set(lint_timestamp "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.${target_name}.__lint_timestamp__")
-
+    get_compiler_resource_dir()
     add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT ${lint_timestamp}
       # --quiet is used to surpress warning statistics from clang-tidy like:
@@ -218,8 +218,11 @@
       # Until this is fixed upstream, we use -fno-caret-diagnostics to surpress
       # these.
       COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:clang-tidy> --system-headers
-              "--extra-arg=-fno-caret-diagnostics" --quiet
-              # Path to directory containing compile_commands.json
+              "--extra-arg=-fno-caret-diagnostics"
+              # We explicitly set the resource dir here to match the
+              # resource dir of the host compiler.
+              "--extra-arg=-resource-dir=${COMPILER_RESOURCE_DIR}"
+               --quiet
               -p ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
               ${ADD_ENTRYPOINT_OBJ_SRCS}
       # We have two options for running commands, add_custom_command and