diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
index 36c58a7e21d..89271c75464 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <texteditor/texteditorsettings.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditor.h>
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
+#include <utils/fileutils.h>
 #include <utils/itemviews.h>
 #include <utils/runextensions.h>
 #include <utils/treemodel.h>
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
 #include <QPair>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QtConcurrent>
@@ -598,6 +600,24 @@ public:
         : Request("textDocument/symbolInfo", params) {}
 };
 
+void setupClangdConfigFile()
+{
+    const Utils::FilePath baseDir = Utils::FilePath::fromString(
+                QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation)) / "clangd";
+    baseDir.ensureWritableDir();
+    const Utils::FilePath targetConfigFile = baseDir / "config.yaml";
+    Utils::FileReader configReader;
+    const QByteArray firstLine = "# This file was generated by Qt Creator and will be overwritten "
+                                 "unless you remove this line.";
+    if (!configReader.fetch(targetConfigFile) || configReader.data().startsWith(firstLine)) {
+        Utils::FileSaver saver(targetConfigFile);
+        saver.write(firstLine + '\n');
+        saver.write("Hover:\n");
+        saver.write("  ShowAKA: Yes\n");
+        QTC_CHECK(saver.finalize());
+    }
+}
+
 static BaseClientInterface *clientInterface(Project *project, const Utils::FilePath &jsonDbDir)
 {
     QString indexingOption = "--background-index";
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.h b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.h
index 68a35adbc13..2e4f1517002 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace TextEditor { class BaseTextEditor; }
 namespace ClangCodeModel {
 namespace Internal {
 
+void setupClangdConfigFile();
+
 class ClangdClient : public LanguageClient::Client
 {
     Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
index 1d8a3f8af2e..1b6a1042321 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ ClangModelManagerSupport::ClangModelManagerSupport()
 
     watchForExternalChanges();
     watchForInternalChanges();
+    setupClangdConfigFile();
     cppModelManager()->setCurrentDocumentFilter(std::make_unique<ClangdCurrentDocumentFilter>());
     cppModelManager()->setLocatorFilter(std::make_unique<ClangGlobalSymbolFilter>());
     cppModelManager()->setClassesFilter(std::make_unique<ClangClassesFilter>());