diff --git a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.tests/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/BuiltinsDetectTarget_Clang_Test.java b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.tests/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/BuiltinsDetectTarget_Clang_Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fda40750660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.tests/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/BuiltinsDetectTarget_Clang_Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Ghaith Hachem.
+ * Content is provided to you under the terms and conditions of the Eclipse Public License Version 2.0 "EPL".
+ * A copy of the EPL is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.internal;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.participant.Arglets;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.participant.Arglets.Target_Clang;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BuiltinsDetectTarget_Clang_Test {
+
+	private Target_Clang testee;
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
+	 */
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		testee = new Target_Clang();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test method for {@link Arglets.Sysroot_GCC#processArgument}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public final void testProcessArgument_target() {
+		final String more = " -g -MMD -MT CMakeFiles/execut1.dir/util1.c.o -MF \"CMakeFiles/execut1.dir/util1.c.o.d\""
+				+ " -o CMakeFiles/execut1.dir/util1.c.o -c /testprojects/C-subsrc/src/src-sub/main1.c";
+		ParseContext context;
+		String parsed;
+
+		final IPath cwd = new Path("");
+		// --target=some-triplet-string
+		String arg = "--target=test-triplet-entry";
+
+		context = new ParseContext();
+		testee.processArgument(context, cwd, arg + more);
+		assertEquals("#entries", 1, context.getBuiltinDetectionArgs().size());
+		parsed = context.getBuiltinDetectionArgs().get(0);
+		assertEquals("name", arg, parsed);
+		// --sysroot="/a/Path"
+		context = new ParseContext();
+		arg = "--target=test-triplet-entry";
+		testee.processArgument(context, cwd, arg + " " + arg + more);
+		assertEquals("#entries", 1, context.getBuiltinDetectionArgs().size());
+		parsed = context.getBuiltinDetectionArgs().get(0);
+		assertEquals("name", arg, parsed);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/ParserDetection.java b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/ParserDetection.java
index b7e2b6ba32c..7b7af5d2037 100644
--- a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/ParserDetection.java
+++ b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/internal/ParserDetection.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public final class ParserDetection {
 				final IToolCommandlineParser gcc = new DefaultToolCommandlineParser(new ResponseFileArglets.At(),
 						btbGcc, gcc_args);
 				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("gcc", true, "exe", gcc));
-				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("clang", true, "exe", gcc));
 				// cross compilers, e.g. arm-none-eabi-gcc ====
 				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("\\S+?-gcc", true, "exe", gcc));
 			}
@@ -96,10 +95,27 @@ public final class ParserDetection {
 				final IToolCommandlineParser gxx = new DefaultToolCommandlineParser(new ResponseFileArglets.At(),
 						btbGcc, gcc_args);
 				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("g\\+\\+", true, "exe", gxx));
-				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("clang\\+\\+", true, "exe", gxx));
 				// cross compilers, e.g. arm-none-eabi-g++ ====
 				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("\\S+?-g\\+\\+", true, "exe", gxx));
 			}
+			// Clang C & C++ Compiler ====
+			{
+				/** Names of known tools along with their command line argument parsers for clang */
+				final IArglet[] clang_args = { new Arglets.IncludePath_C_POSIX(), new Arglets.MacroDefine_C_POSIX(),
+						new Arglets.MacroUndefine_C_POSIX(),
+						// not defined by POSIX, but does not harm..
+						new Arglets.SystemIncludePath_C(), new Arglets.LangStd_GCC(), new Arglets.Sysroot_GCC(),
+						new Arglets.IncludeFile_GCC(), new Arglets.MacrosFile_GCC(),
+						// Clang only
+						new Arglets.Target_Clang() };
+
+				final IToolCommandlineParser clang = new DefaultToolCommandlineParser(new ResponseFileArglets.At(),
+						btbGcc, clang_args);
+				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("clang", true, "exe", clang));
+				final IToolCommandlineParser clangxx = new DefaultToolCommandlineParser(new ResponseFileArglets.At(),
+						btbGcc, clang_args);
+				parserDetectors.add(new DefaultToolDetectionParticipant("clang\\+\\+", true, "exe", clangxx));
+			}
 			{
 				// cross compilers, e.g. arm-none-eabi-c++ ====
 				final IToolCommandlineParser cxx = new DefaultToolCommandlineParser(new ResponseFileArglets.At(),
diff --git a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/participant/Arglets.java b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/participant/Arglets.java
index ae5aadf66f3..3ae864c2c62 100644
--- a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/participant/Arglets.java
+++ b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/participant/Arglets.java
@@ -483,6 +483,24 @@ public final class Arglets {
 		}
 	}
 
+	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+	/**
+	 * A tool argument parser capable to parse a Clang option to specify the compilation target {@code --target}.
+	 */
+	public static class Target_Clang extends BuiltinDetctionArgsGeneric implements IArglet {
+		private static final Matcher[] optionMatchers = {
+				/* "--target=" triple */
+				Pattern.compile("--target=\\w+(-\\w+)*").matcher("") }; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+
+		/*-
+		* @see de.marw.cmake.cdt.lsp.IArglet#processArgs(java.lang.String)
+		*/
+		@Override
+		public int processArgument(IArgumentCollector resultCollector, IPath cwd, String argsLine) {
+			return processArgument(resultCollector, argsLine, optionMatchers);
+		}
+	}
+
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	/**
 	 * A tool argument parser capable to parse a GCC option to specify the language