diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 06269a2..047b2d0 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as xml2js from 'xml2js';
 
 import { documentationLinkMap } from './util/documentation';
 import { runCommand } from './util/scripts';
-import { resolvePath, findWorkspaceRoot } from './util/path';
+import { looksLikePath, resolvePath, findWorkspaceRoot } from './util/path';
 
 enum SeverityNumber {
     Info = 0,
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ const criticalWarningTypes = [
     'unknownMacro'
 ];
 
+const pathVariableArgs = [
+    '--project',
+    '--addon',
+    '--suppressions-list',
+    '--include',
+    '--rule-file',
+];
+
 function parseSeverity(str: string): vscode.DiagnosticSeverity {
     const lower = str.toLowerCase();
     if (lower.includes("error")) {
@@ -187,7 +195,9 @@ async function runCppcheckOnFileXML(
 
     // Resolve paths for arguments where applicable
     const argsParsed = processedArgs.split(" ").map((arg) => {
-        if (arg.startsWith('--project')) {
+        const isPathArgument = pathVariableArgs.some(a => arg.startsWith(a));
+        // Some arguments such as addon may be either a path or the name of a built in addon
+        if (isPathArgument && looksLikePath(arg)) {
             const splitArg = arg.split('=');
             return `${splitArg[0]}=${resolvePath(splitArg[1])}`;
         }
diff --git a/src/util/path.ts b/src/util/path.ts
index fca6082..08602e9 100644
--- a/src/util/path.ts
+++ b/src/util/path.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ import * as path from "path";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 
+export function looksLikePath(arg: string): boolean {
+    if (
+        arg.includes('/')
+        || arg.includes('\\')
+        || arg.startsWith('.')
+        || /\.[^/\\]+$/.test(arg) // filename with extension
+    ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 export function findWorkspaceRoot(): string {
     const folders = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders;
     const workspaceRoot = folders && folders.length > 0