diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
index ac1e9aa5f0ff1..51230b4506b1a 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ ClangdServer::Options::operator TUScheduler::Options() const {
   Opts.UpdateDebounce = UpdateDebounce;
   Opts.ContextProvider = ContextProvider;
   Opts.PreambleThrottler = PreambleThrottler;
+  Opts.FallbackProjectRoot = FallbackProjectRoot;
   return Opts;
 }
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
index 4a1eae188f7eb..2c56d6f7e6d6c 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ class ClangdServer {
     /// FIXME: If not set, should use the current working directory.
     std::optional<std::string> WorkspaceRoot;
 
+    /// If set, fallback command uses this path as its current working directory
+    /// instead of the file's parent path.
+    std::optional<std::string> FallbackProjectRoot;
+
     /// The resource directory is used to find internal headers, overriding
     /// defaults and -resource-dir compiler flag).
     /// If std::nullopt, ClangdServer calls
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.cpp
index c6afd0bc07cbd..b73697d4ee7e5 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void actOnAllParentDirectories(PathRef FileName,
 } // namespace
 
 tooling::CompileCommand
-GlobalCompilationDatabase::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const {
+GlobalCompilationDatabase::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot) const {
   std::vector<std::string> Argv = {"clang"};
   // Clang treats .h files as C by default and files without extension as linker
   // input, resulting in unhelpful diagnostics.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GlobalCompilationDatabase::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const {
   if (FileExtension.empty() || FileExtension == ".h")
     Argv.push_back("-xobjective-c++-header");
   Argv.push_back(std::string(File));
-  tooling::CompileCommand Cmd(llvm::sys::path::parent_path(File),
+  tooling::CompileCommand Cmd(ProjectRoot ? *ProjectRoot : llvm::sys::path::parent_path(File),
                               llvm::sys::path::filename(File), std::move(Argv),
                               /*Output=*/"");
   Cmd.Heuristic = "clangd fallback";
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ OverlayCDB::getCompileCommand(PathRef File) const {
   return Cmd;
 }
 
-tooling::CompileCommand OverlayCDB::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const {
-  auto Cmd = DelegatingCDB::getFallbackCommand(File);
+tooling::CompileCommand OverlayCDB::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot) const {
+  auto Cmd = DelegatingCDB::getFallbackCommand(File, ProjectRoot);
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Lock(Mutex);
   Cmd.CommandLine.insert(Cmd.CommandLine.end(), FallbackFlags.begin(),
                          FallbackFlags.end());
@@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ DelegatingCDB::getProjectModules(PathRef File) const {
   return Base->getProjectModules(File);
 }
 
-tooling::CompileCommand DelegatingCDB::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const {
+tooling::CompileCommand DelegatingCDB::getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot) const {
   if (!Base)
-    return GlobalCompilationDatabase::getFallbackCommand(File);
-  return Base->getFallbackCommand(File);
+    return GlobalCompilationDatabase::getFallbackCommand(File, ProjectRoot);
+  return Base->getFallbackCommand(File, ProjectRoot);
 }
 
 bool DelegatingCDB::blockUntilIdle(Deadline D) const {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.h
index 1d636d73664be..5d1b5cb632154 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/GlobalCompilationDatabase.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class GlobalCompilationDatabase {
   /// Makes a guess at how to build a file.
   /// The default implementation just runs clang on the file.
   /// Clangd should treat the results as unreliable.
-  virtual tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const;
+  virtual tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot = std::nullopt) const;
 
   /// If the CDB does any asynchronous work, wait for it to complete.
   /// For use in tests.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class DelegatingCDB : public GlobalCompilationDatabase {
   std::unique_ptr<ProjectModules>
   getProjectModules(PathRef File) const override;
 
-  tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const override;
+  tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot = std::nullopt) const override;
 
   bool blockUntilIdle(Deadline D) const override;
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class OverlayCDB : public DelegatingCDB {
 
   std::optional<tooling::CompileCommand>
   getCompileCommand(PathRef File) const override;
-  tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File) const override;
+  tooling::CompileCommand getFallbackCommand(PathRef File, std::optional<std::string> ProjectRoot = std::nullopt) const override;
 
   /// Sets or clears the compilation command for a particular file.
   /// Returns true if the command was changed (including insertion and removal),
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.cpp
index 035e5e63d8fbb..3dc53767e0ea4 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.cpp
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ class ASTWorker {
   const GlobalCompilationDatabase &CDB;
   /// Callback invoked when preamble or main file AST is built.
   ParsingCallbacks &Callbacks;
+  std::optional<std::string> FallbackProjectRoot;
 
   Semaphore &Barrier;
   /// Whether the 'onMainAST' callback ran for the current FileInputs.
@@ -840,13 +841,14 @@ ASTWorker::ASTWorker(PathRef FileName, const GlobalCompilationDatabase &CDB,
     : IdleASTs(LRUCache), HeaderIncluders(HeaderIncluders), RunSync(RunSync),
       UpdateDebounce(Opts.UpdateDebounce), FileName(FileName),
       ContextProvider(Opts.ContextProvider), CDB(CDB), Callbacks(Callbacks),
+      FallbackProjectRoot(Opts.FallbackProjectRoot),
       Barrier(Barrier), Done(false), Status(FileName, Callbacks),
       PreamblePeer(FileName, Callbacks, Opts.StorePreamblesInMemory, RunSync,
                    Opts.PreambleThrottler, Status, HeaderIncluders, *this) {
   // Set a fallback command because compile command can be accessed before
   // `Inputs` is initialized. Other fields are only used after initialization
   // from client inputs.
-  FileInputs.CompileCommand = CDB.getFallbackCommand(FileName);
+  FileInputs.CompileCommand = CDB.getFallbackCommand(FileName, FallbackProjectRoot);
 }
 
 ASTWorker::~ASTWorker() {
@@ -888,7 +890,7 @@ void ASTWorker::update(ParseInputs Inputs, WantDiagnostics WantDiags,
     if (Cmd)
       Inputs.CompileCommand = std::move(*Cmd);
     else
-      Inputs.CompileCommand = CDB.getFallbackCommand(FileName);
+      Inputs.CompileCommand = CDB.getFallbackCommand(FileName, FallbackProjectRoot);
 
     bool InputsAreTheSame =
         std::tie(FileInputs.CompileCommand, FileInputs.Contents) ==
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.h
index d0da20310a8b2..581a639646527 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/TUScheduler.h
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ class TUScheduler {
     /// Typically to inject per-file configuration.
     /// If the path is empty, context sholud be "generic".
     std::function<Context(PathRef)> ContextProvider;
+
+    /// If set, fallback command uses this path as its current working directory
+    /// instead of the file's parent path.
+    std::optional<std::string> FallbackProjectRoot;
   };
 
   TUScheduler(const GlobalCompilationDatabase &CDB, const Options &Opts,
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/Check.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/Check.cpp
index df8d075e80596..8d49b82d2ca53 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/Check.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/Check.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Checker {
           Cmd.Heuristic.empty() ? "from CDB" : Cmd.Heuristic, Cmd.Directory,
           printArgv(Cmd.CommandLine));
     } else {
-      Cmd = CDB->getFallbackCommand(File);
+      Cmd = CDB->getFallbackCommand(File, Opts.FallbackProjectRoot);
       log("Generic fallback command is: [{0}] {1}", Cmd.Directory,
           printArgv(Cmd.CommandLine));
     }
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ bool check(llvm::StringRef File, const ThreadsafeFS &TFS,
                  config::DiagnosticCallback Diag) const override {
       config::Fragment F;
       // If we're timing clang-tidy checks, implicitly disabling the slow ones
-      // is counterproductive! 
+      // is counterproductive!
       if (CheckTidyTime.getNumOccurrences())
         F.Diagnostics.ClangTidy.FastCheckFilter.emplace("None");
       return {std::move(F).compile(Diag)};
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/ClangdMain.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/ClangdMain.cpp
index f287439f10cab..75d71c5a78f45 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/ClangdMain.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/tool/ClangdMain.cpp
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@ opt<bool> EnableConfig{
     init(true),
 };
 
+opt<Path> ProjectRoot{
+    "project-root",
+    cat(Misc),
+    desc("Path to use as the current working directory for fallback commands."),
+    init(""),
+    ValueOptional,
+};
+
 opt<bool> UseDirtyHeaders{"use-dirty-headers", cat(Misc),
                           desc("Use files open in the editor when parsing "
                                "headers instead of reading from the disk"),
@@ -906,6 +914,8 @@ clangd accepts flags on the commandline, and in the CLANGD_FLAGS environment var
   }
   if (!ResourceDir.empty())
     Opts.ResourceDir = ResourceDir;
+  if (!ProjectRoot.empty())
+    Opts.FallbackProjectRoot = ProjectRoot;
   Opts.BuildDynamicSymbolIndex = true;
 #if CLANGD_ENABLE_REMOTE
   if (RemoteIndexAddress.empty() != ProjectRoot.empty()) {