diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index e7109f16b..c10411c4d 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -414,3 +414,12 @@ let test () =
              (DB.source_file_to_rel_path source_file)
              matching_s)
     (Sys.getcwd ())
+
+let skip_translation_headers =
+  lazy (
+    match
+      lookup_string_list "skip_translation_headers"
+        (Yojson.Basic.from_file (inferconfig ()))
+    with
+    | exception _ -> []
+    | headers -> headers)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
index 0aafeae2e..24378b1a7 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ end
 
 (** Load the config file and list the files to report on *)
 val test: unit -> unit
+
+val skip_translation_headers : string list Lazy.t
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
index 1ccfa9fc6..8a7a2622c 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
@@ -76,8 +76,16 @@ let clang_to_sil_location clang_loc procdesc_opt =
         | None -> !curr_file, !Config.nLOC in
   Location.{line; col; file; nLOC}
 
-let file_in_project file = match !Config.project_root with
-  | Some root -> string_is_prefix root file
+let file_in_project file =
+  match !Config.project_root with
+  | Some root ->
+      let file_in_project = string_is_prefix root file in
+      let paths = Lazy.force Inferconfig.skip_translation_headers in
+      let file_should_be_skipped =
+        IList.exists
+          (fun path -> string_is_prefix (Filename.concat root path) file)
+          paths in
+      file_in_project && not (file_should_be_skipped)
   | None -> false
 
 let should_do_frontend_check (loc_start, _) =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cMain.ml b/infer/src/clang/cMain.ml
index 0ae344245..bc21b7a92 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cMain.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cMain.ml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ let arg_desc =
       None,
       "Analyze C++ methods, still experimental"
       ;
+      "-inferconfig_home",
+      Arg.String (fun s -> Config.inferconfig_home := Some s),
+      Some "dir",
+      "Path to the .inferconfig file";
     ] in
   Arg.create_options_desc false "Parsing Options" desc
 
@@ -137,6 +141,9 @@ let do_run source_path ast_path =
     CFrontend_config.json := ast_filename;
     CLocation.check_source_file source_path;
     let source_file = CLocation.source_file_from_path source_path in
+    (match !Config.inferconfig_home with
+     | Some _ -> ()
+     | None -> Config.inferconfig_home := !Config.project_root);
     Printf.printf "Start translation of AST from %s\n" !CFrontend_config.json;
     CFrontend.do_source_file  source_file ast_decl;
     Printf.printf "End translation AST file %s... OK!\n" !CFrontend_config.json;