diff --git a/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py b/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
index b7e9ecf16e56..0033eedce003 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
+++ b/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ _DEFAULT_OUTPUT = 'compile_commands.json'
 _DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = 'WARNING'
 
 _FILENAME_PATTERN = r'^\..*\.cmd$'
-_LINE_PATTERN = r'^cmd_[^ ]*\.o := (.* )([^ ]*\.c)$'
+_LINE_PATTERN = r'^cmd_[^ ]*\.o := (.* )([^ ]*\.c) *(;|$)'
 _VALID_LOG_LEVELS = ['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
 # The tools/ directory adopts a different build system, and produces .cmd
 # files in a different format. Do not support it.