diff --git a/include/cppast/libclang_parser.hpp b/include/cppast/libclang_parser.hpp
index add114f..6ff4b48 100644
--- a/include/cppast/libclang_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/libclang_parser.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace cppast
 {
     class libclang_compile_config;
+    class libclang_compilation_database;
 
     namespace detail
     {
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ namespace cppast
 
             static const std::vector<std::string>& flags(const libclang_compile_config& config);
         };
+
+        void for_each_file(const libclang_compilation_database& database, void* user_data,
+                           void (*callback)(void*, std::string));
     } // namespace detail
 
     /// The exception thrown when a fatal parse error occurs.
@@ -77,6 +81,8 @@ namespace cppast
         database database_;
 
         friend libclang_compile_config;
+        friend void detail::for_each_file(const libclang_compilation_database& database,
+                                          void* user_data, void (*callback)(void*, std::string));
     };
 
     /// Compilation config for the [cppast::libclang_parser]().
@@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ namespace cppast
     ///
     /// \throws [cppast::libclang_error]() if no configuration for a given file could be found in the database.
     ///
-    /// \requires `FileParser` must use [cppast::libclang_parser](),
+    /// \requires `FileParser` must use the libclang parser.
     /// i.e. `FileParser::parser` must be an alias of [cppast::libclang_parser]().
     template <class FileParser, class Range>
     void parse_files(FileParser& parser, Range&& file_names,
@@ -183,6 +189,32 @@ namespace cppast
             return config.value();
         });
     }
+
+    /// Parses the files specified in a compilation database using a [cppast::libclang_parser]().
+    ///
+    /// \effects For each file specified in a compilation database,
+    /// uses the `FileParser` to parse the file with the configuration specified in the database.
+    ///
+    /// \requires `FileParser` must have the same requirements as for [cppast::parse_files](standardese://parse_files_basic/).
+    /// It must also use the libclang parser,
+    /// i.e. `FileParser::parser` must be an alias of [cppast::libclang_parser]().
+    template <class FileParser>
+    void parse_database(FileParser& parser, const libclang_compilation_database& database)
+    {
+        static_assert(std::is_same<typename FileParser::parser, libclang_parser>::value,
+                      "must use the libclang parser");
+        struct data_t
+        {
+            FileParser&                          parser;
+            const libclang_compilation_database& database;
+        } data{parser, database};
+        detail::for_each_file(database, &data, [](void* ptr, std::string file) {
+            auto& data = *static_cast<data_t*>(ptr);
+
+            libclang_compile_config config(data.database, file);
+            data.parser.parse(std::move(file), std::move(config));
+        });
+    }
 } // namespace cppast
 
 #endif // CPPAST_LIBCLANG_PARSER_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/src/libclang/libclang_parser.cpp b/src/libclang/libclang_parser.cpp
index 7d3ab71..93d121d 100644
--- a/src/libclang/libclang_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/libclang/libclang_parser.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,35 @@ namespace
     };
 
     using cxcompile_commands = detail::raii_wrapper<CXCompileCommands, cxcompile_commands_deleter>;
+
+    std::string get_full_path(const detail::cxstring& dir, const std::string& file)
+    {
+        if (file.front() == '/' || file.front() == '\\')
+            // absolute file
+            return file;
+        else if (dir[dir.length() - 1] != '/' && dir[dir.length() - 1] != '\\')
+            // relative needing separator
+            return dir.std_str() + '/' + file;
+        else
+            // relative w/o separator
+            return dir.std_str() + file;
+    }
+}
+
+void detail::for_each_file(const libclang_compilation_database& database, void* user_data,
+                           void (*callback)(void*, std::string))
+{
+    cxcompile_commands commands(
+        clang_CompilationDatabase_getAllCompileCommands(database.database_));
+    auto no = clang_CompileCommands_getSize(commands.get());
+    for (auto i = 0u; i != no; ++i)
+    {
+        auto cmd = clang_CompileCommands_getCommand(commands.get(), i);
+
+        auto dir = cxstring(clang_CompileCommand_getDirectory(cmd));
+        callback(user_data,
+                 get_full_path(dir, cxstring(clang_CompileCommand_getFilename(cmd)).std_str()));
+    }
 }
 
 namespace
@@ -182,29 +211,16 @@ libclang_compile_config::libclang_compile_config(const libclang_compilation_data
         auto dir = detail::cxstring(clang_CompileCommand_getDirectory(cmd));
         parse_flags(cmd, [&](std::string flag, std::string args) {
             if (flag == "-I")
-            {
-                if (args.front() == '/' || args.front() == '\\')
-                {
-                    add_flag(std::move(flag) + std::move(args));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // path relative to the directory
-                    if (dir[dir.length() - 1] != '/' && dir[dir.length() - 1] != '\\')
-                        add_flag(std::move(flag) + dir.std_str() + '/' + std::move(args));
-                    else
-                        add_flag(std::move(flag) + dir.std_str() + std::move(args));
-                }
-            }
+                add_flag(std::move(flag) + get_full_path(dir, args));
             else if (flag == "-D" || flag == "-U")
                 // preprocessor options
-                this->add_flag(std::move(flag) + std::move(args));
+                add_flag(std::move(flag) + std::move(args));
             else if (flag == "-std")
                 // standard
-                this->add_flag(std::move(flag) + "=" + std::move(args));
+                add_flag(std::move(flag) + "=" + std::move(args));
             else if (flag == "-f" && (args == "ms-compatibility" || args == "ms-extensions"))
                 // other options
-                this->add_flag(std::move(flag) + std::move(args));
+                add_flag(std::move(flag) + std::move(args));
         });
     }
 }