diff --git a/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh b/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
index 6412bedc1061..f9b54d3a80d8 100755
--- a/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
+++ b/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ echo "Generating compilation database..."
 
 # bazel build need to be run to setup virtual includes, generating files which are consumed
 # by clang-tidy
-"${ENVOY_SRCDIR}/tools/gen_compilation_database.py" --include_headers
+read -ra COMP_DB_TARGETS <<< "$COMP_DB_TARGETS"
+"${ENVOY_SRCDIR}/tools/gen_compilation_database.py" --include_headers "${COMP_DB_TARGETS[@]}"
 
 # Do not run clang-tidy against win32 impl
 # TODO(scw00): We should run clang-tidy against win32 impl once we have clang-cl support for Windows