diff --git a/lib/config.h b/lib/config.h
index 4ba06229d0d..f0e5cb8193c 100644
--- a/lib/config.h
+++ b/lib/config.h
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
 #  define RET_NONNULL
 #endif
 
+// lifetimebound
+#if __has_cpp_attribute (clang::lifetimebound)
+#  define LIFETIMEBOUND [[clang::lifetimebound]]
+#else
+#  define LIFETIMEBOUND
+#endif
+
 #define REQUIRES(msg, ...) class=typename std::enable_if<__VA_ARGS__::value>::type
 
 // Use the nonneg macro when you want to assert that a variable/argument is not negative
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 9aa7ec9d6b0..8ff819297dd 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static const CWE CWE398(398U);  // Indicator of Poor Code Quality
 class CppCheck::CppCheckLogger : public ErrorLogger
 {
 public:
-    CppCheckLogger(ErrorLogger& errorLogger, const Settings& settings, Suppressions& suppressions, bool useGlobalSuppressions)
+    CppCheckLogger(ErrorLogger& errorLogger LIFETIMEBOUND, const Settings& settings LIFETIMEBOUND, Suppressions& suppressions LIFETIMEBOUND, bool useGlobalSuppressions)
         : mErrorLogger(errorLogger)
         , mSettings(settings)
         , mSuppressions(suppressions)
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.h b/lib/cppcheck.h
index ad1ca8cbeb3..1fddcec4a75 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.h
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.h
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB CppCheck {
     /**
      * @brief Constructor.
      */
-    CppCheck(const Settings& settings,
-             Suppressions& supprs,
-             ErrorLogger &errorLogger,
+    CppCheck(const Settings& settings LIFETIMEBOUND,
+             Suppressions& supprs LIFETIMEBOUND,
+             ErrorLogger &errorLogger LIFETIMEBOUND,
              bool useGlobalSuppressions,
              ExecuteCmdFn executeCommand);
 
diff --git a/lib/fwdanalysis.h b/lib/fwdanalysis.h
index 389ea195da2..46f344219f2 100644
--- a/lib/fwdanalysis.h
+++ b/lib/fwdanalysis.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Settings;
  */
 class FwdAnalysis {
 public:
-    explicit FwdAnalysis(const Settings &settings) : mSettings(settings) {}
+    explicit FwdAnalysis(const Settings &settings LIFETIMEBOUND) : mSettings(settings) {}
 
     bool hasOperand(const Token *tok, const Token *lhs) const;
 
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.h b/lib/preprocessor.h
index 282084ad239..c02adda0fce 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.h
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB WARN_UNUSED Preprocessor {
     /** character that is inserted in expanded macros */
     static char macroChar;
 
-    Preprocessor(simplecpp::TokenList& tokens, const Settings& settings, ErrorLogger &errorLogger, Standards::Language lang);
+    Preprocessor(simplecpp::TokenList& tokens LIFETIMEBOUND, const Settings& settings LIFETIMEBOUND, ErrorLogger &errorLogger LIFETIMEBOUND, Standards::Language lang);
 
     void inlineSuppressions(SuppressionList &suppressions);
 
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.h b/lib/symboldatabase.h
index 50f37fc1ebf..d2160bd077e 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.h
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.h
@@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Scope {
         const Scope *scope;
     };
 
-    Scope(const SymbolDatabase &symdb_, const Token *classDef_, const Scope *nestedIn_);
-    Scope(const SymbolDatabase &symdb_, const Token *classDef_, const Scope *nestedIn_, ScopeType type_, const Token *start_);
+    Scope(const SymbolDatabase &symdb_ LIFETIMEBOUND, const Token *classDef_, const Scope *nestedIn_);
+    Scope(const SymbolDatabase &symdb_ LIFETIMEBOUND, const Token *classDef_, const Scope *nestedIn_, ScopeType type_, const Token *start_);
 
     const SymbolDatabase& symdb;
     std::string className;
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB ValueType {
 class CPPCHECKLIB SymbolDatabase {
     friend class TestSymbolDatabase;
 public:
-    explicit SymbolDatabase(Tokenizer& tokenizer);
+    explicit SymbolDatabase(Tokenizer& tokenizer LIFETIMEBOUND);
     ~SymbolDatabase();
 
     /** @brief Information about all namespaces/classes/structures */
diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.h b/lib/templatesimplifier.h
index 35b8ab04e3a..ec4bff83d06 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.h
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB TemplateSimplifier {
     friend class TestSimplifyTemplate;
 
 public:
-    explicit TemplateSimplifier(Tokenizer &tokenizer);
+    explicit TemplateSimplifier(Tokenizer &tokenizer LIFETIMEBOUND);
 
     const std::string& dump() const {
         return mDump;
diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index 034e2d36912..9fcdb8fb872 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         eNone
     };
 
-    Token(const TokenList& tokenlist, std::shared_ptr<TokensFrontBack> tokensFrontBack);
+    Token(const TokenList& tokenlist LIFETIMEBOUND, std::shared_ptr<TokensFrontBack> tokensFrontBack);
     // for usage in CheckIO::ArgumentInfo only
     explicit Token(const Token *tok);
     ~Token();
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index f9feebb43f0..48063001023 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Tokenizer {
     friend class SymbolDatabase;
 
 public:
-    Tokenizer(TokenList tokenList, ErrorLogger &errorLogger);
+    Tokenizer(TokenList tokenList, ErrorLogger &errorLogger LIFETIMEBOUND);
     ~Tokenizer();
 
     void setTimerResults(TimerResults *tr) {
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.h b/lib/tokenlist.h
index b528ebc7889..3d832a3034d 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.h
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct TokensFrontBack {
 
 class CPPCHECKLIB TokenList {
 public:
-    explicit TokenList(const Settings& settings, Standards::Language lang);
+    explicit TokenList(const Settings& settings LIFETIMEBOUND, Standards::Language lang);
     ~TokenList();
 
     TokenList(const TokenList &) = delete;