diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,4 +252,7 @@
   install(TARGETS clazy-standalone DESTINATION bin PERMISSIONS OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_READ GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
 endif()
 
+file(READ checks.json SUPPORTED_CHECKS_JSON_STR)
+configure_file(checks.json.h.in checks.json.h)
+
 install(FILES org.kde.clazy.metainfo.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo)
diff --git a/checks.json.h.in b/checks.json.h.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks.json.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+  This file is part of the clazy static checker.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2019 Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@qt.io>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef CHECKS_JSON_H
+#define CHECKS_JSON_H
+
+const char SUPPORTED_CHECKS_JSON_STR[] = R"meta(${SUPPORTED_CHECKS_JSON_STR})meta";
+
+#endif // CHECKS_JSON_H
+
diff --git a/src/ClazyStandaloneMain.cpp b/src/ClazyStandaloneMain.cpp
--- a/src/ClazyStandaloneMain.cpp
+++ b/src/ClazyStandaloneMain.cpp
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
 #include "Clazy.h"
 #include "ClazyContext.h"
 
+#include "checks.json.h"
+
 #include <clang/Tooling/CommonOptionsParser.h>
 #include <clang/Tooling/Tooling.h>
 #include <llvm/Support/CommandLine.h>
 #include <llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h>
 #include <llvm/ADT/StringRef.h>
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace clang {
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@
 directories for which diagnostics should never be emitted. Useful for ignoring 3rdparty code.)"),
                                          cl::init(""), cl::cat(s_clazyCategory));
 
+static cl::opt<bool> s_supportedChecks("supported-checks-json", cl::desc("Dump meta information about supported checks in JSON format."),
+                                       cl::init(false), cl::cat(s_clazyCategory));
+
 static cl::extrahelp s_commonHelp(CommonOptionsParser::HelpMessage);
 
 class ClazyToolActionFactory
@@ -116,7 +122,13 @@
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-    CommonOptionsParser optionsParser(argc, argv, s_clazyCategory);
+    CommonOptionsParser optionsParser(argc, argv, s_clazyCategory, cl::ZeroOrMore);
+
+    if (s_supportedChecks.getValue()) {
+        std::cout << SUPPORTED_CHECKS_JSON_STR;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     ClangTool tool(optionsParser.getCompilations(), optionsParser.getSourcePathList());
 
     return tool.run(new ClazyToolActionFactory(optionsParser.getSourcePathList()));