diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml
index 94a0b02b3d..ecf0c319ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ clang_tidy_check:
     - export SUBMODULES=$(get_all_submodules)
     # get all exclude paths specified in tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt | ignore lines start with # | xargs | replace all <space> to <comma>
     - export CUSTOM_EXCLUDES=$(cat $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt | grep -v '^#' | xargs | sed -e 's/ /,/g')
-    # Exclude the report dir
-    - export EXCLUSIONS="$SUBMODULES,$REPORT_DIR/**,docs/_static/**,**/*.png,**/*.jpg"
+    # Exclude the report dir as well
+    - export EXCLUSIONS="$CUSTOM_EXCLUDES,$SUBMODULES,$REPORT_DIR/**,docs/_static/**,**/*.png,**/*.jpg"
     - python $NORMALIZE_CLANGTIDY_PY $CI_PROJECT_DIR/$REPORT_DIR/warnings.txt $CI_PROJECT_DIR/$REPORT_DIR/clang_tidy_report.txt $CI_PROJECT_DIR
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 0