diff --git a/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c31ec81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: "CodeQL config"
+paths-ignore:
+  - '**/*_test.go'
+  - 'tools/tools.go'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 43ddc3f5..73175d28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - run: |
        make compile-only
-
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+