diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py
index 96f007ca91..38f73e355c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_plugins/ide_code.py
@@ -128,6 +128,45 @@ class IdeVSCode(IdeBase):
     def dot_code_dir(self, modified_recipe):
         return os.path.join(modified_recipe.srctree, '.vscode')
 
+    def __gen_meson_absolute_cross_file(self, modified_recipe):
+        """Generate an extra cross file overriding c/cpp binaries with absolute paths.
+
+        The recipe's generated meson.cross references the toolchain binaries
+        (e.g. "aarch64-poky-linux-clang++") by bare name, relying on PATH
+        being set up by the meson wrapper script at build time. Meson stores
+        that command exactly as configured (it never resolves it to an
+        absolute path itself), so it ends up unresolved in
+        compile_commands.json and meson-info/intro-compilers.json. cpptools
+        (via the mesonbuild extension) resolves compilerPath using its own
+        process PATH, which does not include the toolchain directory, and
+        silently falls back to a host compiler for IntelliSense.
+
+        Real builds are unaffected since the wrapper script sets up PATH, so
+        the recipe's meson.cross is left untouched. Instead, an extra
+        --cross-file is layered on top with only the c/cpp [binaries]
+        entries absolutized, reusing the exact same flags as CC/CXX to avoid
+        any behavior drift. Meson merges multiple machine files, with later
+        files overriding matching keys from earlier ones.
+        """
+        def absolutize(cmd):
+            args = cmd.split()
+            args[0] = os.path.join(
+                modified_recipe.staging_bindir_toolchain, args[0])
+            return repr(args)
+
+        lines = ["[binaries]"]
+        if modified_recipe.cc:
+            lines.append("c = %s" % absolutize(modified_recipe.cc))
+        if modified_recipe.cxx:
+            lines.append("cpp = %s" % absolutize(modified_recipe.cxx))
+
+        os.makedirs(modified_recipe.ide_sdk_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        cross_file = os.path.join(
+            modified_recipe.ide_sdk_dir, 'meson-absolute-toolchain.cross')
+        with open(cross_file, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(os.linesep.join(lines) + os.linesep)
+        return ['--cross-file', cross_file]
+
     def __vscode_settings_meson(self, settings_dict, modified_recipe):
         if modified_recipe.build_tool is not BuildTool.MESON:
             return
@@ -135,6 +174,8 @@ class IdeVSCode(IdeBase):
 
         confopts = modified_recipe.mesonopts.split()
         confopts += modified_recipe.meson_cross_file.split()
+        if modified_recipe.meson_cross_file:
+            confopts += self.__gen_meson_absolute_cross_file(modified_recipe)
         confopts += modified_recipe.extra_oemeson.split()
         settings_dict["mesonbuild.configureOptions"] = confopts
         settings_dict["mesonbuild.buildFolder"] = modified_recipe.b
diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
index 940bb8211e..69b002b635 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ class RecipeModified:
         self.bblayers = recipe_d.getVar('BBLAYERS').split()
         self.bitbakepath = recipe_d.getVar('BITBAKEPATH')
         self.bpn = recipe_d.getVar('BPN')
+        self.cc = recipe_d.getVar('CC')
         self.cxx = recipe_d.getVar('CXX')
         self.d = recipe_d.getVar('D')
         self.debug_build = recipe_d.getVar('DEBUG_BUILD')