diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/clangtranslationunit.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/clangtranslationunit.h
index 467c9346523..9a311b62bfd 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/clangtranslationunit.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/clangtranslationunit.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public:
 
     SkippedSourceRanges skippedSourceRanges() const;
 
+    static uint defaultOptions();
+
 private:
     void setDirty();
     void checkIfNull() const;
@@ -152,7 +154,6 @@ private:
     void reparseTranslationUnit() const;
     void reparseTranslationUnitIfFilesAreChanged() const;
     void updateIncludeFilePaths() const;
-    static uint defaultOptions();
     static void includeCallback(CXFile included_file,
                                 CXSourceLocation * /*inclusion_stack*/,
                                 unsigned /*include_len*/,
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.cpp b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.cpp
index 691686d0479..7381ac2d27f 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.cpp
@@ -84,15 +84,13 @@ ClangCodeCompleteResults CodeCompleter::complete(uint line,
                                                  CXUnsavedFile *unsavedFiles,
                                                  unsigned unsavedFileCount)
 {
-    const auto options = CXCodeComplete_IncludeMacros | CXCodeComplete_IncludeCodePatterns;
-
     return clang_codeCompleteAt(translationUnit.cxTranslationUnitWithoutReparsing(),
                                 translationUnit.filePath().constData(),
                                 line,
                                 column,
                                 unsavedFiles,
                                 unsavedFileCount,
-                                options);
+                                defaultOptions());
 }
 
 bool CodeCompleter::hasDotAt(uint line, uint column) const
@@ -103,6 +101,17 @@ bool CodeCompleter::hasDotAt(uint line, uint column) const
     return unsavedFile.hasCharacterAt(location.offset(), '.');
 }
 
+uint CodeCompleter::defaultOptions() const
+{
+    uint options = CXCodeComplete_IncludeMacros
+                 | CXCodeComplete_IncludeCodePatterns;
+
+    if (translationUnit.defaultOptions() & CXTranslationUnit_IncludeBriefCommentsInCodeCompletion)
+        options |= CXCodeComplete_IncludeBriefComments;
+
+    return options;
+}
+
 ClangCodeCompleteResults CodeCompleter::completeWithArrowInsteadOfDot(uint line, uint column)
 {
     ClangCodeCompleteResults results;
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.h
index 99749414f4b..260ac4d581c 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/ipcsource/codecompleter.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public: // for tests
     bool hasDotAt(uint line, uint column) const;
 
 private:
+    uint defaultOptions() const;
+
     ClangCodeCompleteResults complete(uint line,
                                       uint column,
                                       CXUnsavedFile *unsavedFiles,