diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 931d3ed..4646551 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   description: Find warnings/errors in C, C++, and Objective-C code
   types_or: [c, c++, c#, objective-c]
   language: python
+  require_serial: true
 - id: cpplint
   name: cpplint
   entry: cpplint-hook
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f8b4b5..bba25ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 This is a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) hooks repo that
 integrates two C/C++ code formatters:
 > [clang-format](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html),
-[uncrustify](http://uncrustify.sourceforge.net/),
+[uncrustify](https://uncrustify.sourceforge.net/),
 
 and five C/C++ static code analyzers:
 > [clang-tidy](https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/),
-[oclint](http://oclint.org/),
-[cppcheck](http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/),
+[oclint](https://oclint.org/),
+[cppcheck](https://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/),
 [cpplint](https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint),
 [include-what-you-use](https://github.com/include-what-you-use/include-what-you-use)
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ These options are automatically added to enable all errors or are required.
 
 * oclint: `["-enable-global-analysis", "-enable-clang-static-analyzer", "-max-priority-3", "0"]`
 * uncrustify: `["-c", "defaults.cfg", "-q"]` (options added, and a defaults.cfg generated, if -c is missing)
-* cppcheck: `["-q" , "--error-exitcode=1", "--enable=all", "--suppress=unmatchedSuppression", "--suppress=missingIncludeSystem", "--suppress=unusedFunction"]` (See https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks/pull/30)
+* cppcheck: `["-q" , "--error-exitcode=1", "--enable=all", "--suppress=unmatchedSuppression", "--suppress=missingIncludeSystem"]` (See https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks/pull/30)
 * cpplint: `["--verbose=0"]`
 
 If you supply any of these options in `args:`, your options will override the above defaults (use `-<flag>=<option>` if possible when overriding).
diff --git a/hooks/cppcheck.py b/hooks/cppcheck.py
index 1326bb7..6d65375 100755
--- a/hooks/cppcheck.py
+++ b/hooks/cppcheck.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Wrapper script for cppcheck."""
+import os
+import shutil
 import sys
+import tempfile
 from typing import List
 
 from hooks.utils import StaticAnalyzerCmd
@@ -15,27 +18,113 @@ class CppcheckCmd(StaticAnalyzerCmd):
     def __init__(self, args: List[str]):
         super().__init__(self.command, self.lookbehind, args)
         self.parse_args(args)
+        self.cppcheck_build_dir = None
+
         # quiet for stdout purposes
         self.add_if_missing(["-q"])
         # make cppcheck behave as expected for pre-commit
         self.add_if_missing(["--error-exitcode=1"])
         # Enable all of the checks
         self.add_if_missing(["--enable=all"])
-        # Per https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks/pull/30, suppress missingIncludeSystem messages
-        self.add_if_missing(
-            ["--suppress=unmatchedSuppression", "--suppress=missingIncludeSystem", "--suppress=unusedFunction"]
-        )
+        # Per https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks/pull/30, suppress messages
+        self.add_if_missing([
+            "--suppress=unmatchedSuppression",
+            "--suppress=missingIncludeSystem",
+            # "--suppress=unusedFunction"  # Because the cppcheck-build-dir is provided, this is not needed
+        ])
+        # Add -j option with number of available processors unless already provided
+        self.add_j_option()
+
+    def cleanup_build_dir(self):
+        """Remove the temporary build directory if it exists."""
+        if self.cppcheck_build_dir and os.path.exists(self.cppcheck_build_dir):
+            try:
+                shutil.rmtree(self.cppcheck_build_dir)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+            self.cppcheck_build_dir = None
+
+    def get_j_value(self):
+        """Get the value of -j option if present, None otherwise."""
+        for i, arg in enumerate(self.args):
+            if arg == "-j":
+                # -j followed by value
+                if i + 1 < len(self.args) and not self.args[i + 1].startswith("-"):
+                    try:
+                        return int(self.args[i + 1])
+                    except ValueError:
+                        return None
+            elif arg.startswith("-j"):
+                # -jN format
+                try:
+                    return int(arg[2:])
+                except ValueError:
+                    return None
+        return None
+
+    def add_j_option(self):
+        """Add -j option with number of available processors unless already provided."""
+        # Check if -j is already in args
+        j_value = self.get_j_value()
+
+        if j_value is not None:
+            # -j is already specified by user
+            if j_value > 1:
+                # Check if --cppcheck-build-dir is present
+                has_build_dir = any(arg.startswith("--cppcheck-build-dir") for arg in self.args)
+                if not has_build_dir:
+                    # Create a unique temporary directory for parallel processing
+                    self.cppcheck_build_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="cppcheck_")
+                    self.add_if_missing([f"--cppcheck-build-dir={self.cppcheck_build_dir}"])
+            return
+
+        # Get number of available processors
+        try:
+            import multiprocessing
+            num_cpus = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+        except (ImportError, NotImplementedError):
+            # Fallback if multiprocessing is not available
+            num_cpus = 1
+
+        # Only add -j if > 1, otherwise single-threaded is fine
+        if num_cpus > 1:
+            self.cppcheck_build_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="cppcheck_")
+            self.args.extend(["-j", str(num_cpus), f"--cppcheck-build-dir={self.cppcheck_build_dir}"])
 
     def run(self):
         """Run cppcheck"""
-        for filename in self.files:
-            self.run_command([filename] + self.args)
+        if not self.files:
+            return
+
+        # Create a temporary file with the list of all files
+        file_list_path = None
+        try:
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", suffix=".txt", delete=False) as f:
+                file_list_path = f.name
+                for filename in self.files:
+                    f.write(filename + "\n")
+
+            # Run cppcheck with the file list using --file-list=FILELIST format
+            self.run_command(["--file-list=" + file_list_path] + self.args)
             self.exit_on_error()
+        finally:
+            # Clean up the temporary files
+            if file_list_path and os.path.exists(file_list_path):
+                try:
+                    os.unlink(file_list_path)
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+            # Clean up the build directory
+            self.cleanup_build_dir()
 
 
 def main(argv: List[str] = sys.argv):
     cmd = CppcheckCmd(argv)
-    cmd.run()
+    try:
+        cmd.run()
+    finally:
+        # Ensure cleanup even if run() raises an exception
+        cmd.cleanup_build_dir()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/table_tests_integration.json b/tests/table_tests_integration.json
index 518d1a0..676c87b 100644
--- a/tests/table_tests_integration.json
+++ b/tests/table_tests_integration.json
@@ -610,4 +610,4 @@
     "expd_output": "oclint...................................................................Failed\n- hook id: oclint\n- exit code: 6\n\nCompiler Errors:\n(please be aware that these errors will prevent OCLint from analyzing this source code)\n\n{test_dir}/err.cpp:2:18: non-void function 'main' should return a value\n\nClang Static Analyzer Results:\n\n{test_dir}/err.cpp:2:18: non-void function 'main' should return a value\n\n\nOCLint Report\n\nSummary: TotalFiles=0 FilesWithViolations=0 P1=0 P2=0 P3=0 \n\n\n[OCLint (http://oclint.org) v{oclint_ver}]\n\n",
     "expd_retcode": 1
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/tests/test_cppcheck.py b/tests/test_cppcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06b0ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cppcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Unit tests for cppcheck hook."""
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+from hooks.cppcheck import CppcheckCmd
+
+
+class TestCppcheckAddJOption:
+    """Test the add_j_option method."""
+
+    def setup_method(self):
+        """Create temporary test files."""
+        self.test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.test_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "test.c")
+        with open(self.test_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("int main() { return 0; }\n")
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        """Clean up temporary files."""
+        import shutil
+
+        shutil.rmtree(self.test_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_add_j_option_when_not_provided(self):
+        """Test that -j option is added when not provided."""
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", self.test_file]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # Check that -j is in args
+        j_args = [arg for arg in cmd.args if arg.startswith("-j")]
+        assert len(j_args) == 1, f"Expected 1 -j option, found {len(j_args)}: {j_args}"
+        # Check that the value is a number
+        if j_args[0] == "-j":
+            # -j is separate from the value
+            j_index = cmd.args.index("-j")
+            assert j_index + 1 < len(cmd.args), "Expected value after -j"
+            assert cmd.args[j_index + 1].isdigit(), f"Expected digit after -j, found {cmd.args[j_index + 1]}"
+        else:
+            # -jN format
+            assert j_args[0][2:].isdigit(), f"Expected digit in {j_args[0]}"
+
+    def test_add_j_option_when_provided_with_space(self):
+        """Test that -j option is not duplicated when provided as -j 2."""
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", "-j", "2", self.test_file]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # Check that only one -j option exists
+        j_args = [arg for arg in cmd.args if arg.startswith("-j")]
+        assert len(j_args) == 1, f"Expected 1 -j option, found {len(j_args)}: {j_args}"
+        assert "-j" in cmd.args, "Expected -j in args"
+        assert "2" in cmd.args, "Expected 2 in args"
+
+    def test_add_j_option_when_provided_without_space(self):
+        """Test that -j option is not duplicated when provided as -j2."""
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", "-j2", self.test_file]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # Check that only one -j option exists
+        j_args = [arg for arg in cmd.args if arg.startswith("-j")]
+        assert len(j_args) == 1, f"Expected 1 -j option, found {len(j_args)}: {j_args}"
+        assert "-j2" in cmd.args, "Expected -j2 in args"
+
+    def test_add_j_option_with_multiple_files(self):
+        """Test that -j option is added correctly with multiple files."""
+        test_file2 = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "test2.c")
+        with open(test_file2, "w") as f:
+            f.write("int foo() { return 1; }\n")
+
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", self.test_file, test_file2]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # Check that -j is in args
+        j_args = [arg for arg in cmd.args if arg.startswith("-j")]
+        assert len(j_args) == 1, f"Expected 1 -j option, found {len(j_args)}: {j_args}"
+        # Check that both files are in cmd.files
+        assert len(cmd.files) == 2, f"Expected 2 files, found {len(cmd.files)}"
+
+
+class TestCppcheckFileList:
+    """Test the file list functionality."""
+
+    def setup_method(self):
+        """Create temporary test files."""
+        self.test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.test_file1 = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "test1.c")
+        self.test_file2 = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "test2.c")
+        with open(self.test_file1, "w") as f:
+            f.write("int main() { return 0; }\n")
+        with open(self.test_file2, "w") as f:
+            f.write("int foo() { return 1; }\n")
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        """Clean up temporary files."""
+        import shutil
+
+        shutil.rmtree(self.test_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_file_list_created(self):
+        """Test that a file list is created with all files."""
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", self.test_file1, self.test_file2]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # The files should be in cmd.files
+        assert len(cmd.files) == 2, f"Expected 2 files, found {len(cmd.files)}"
+        assert self.test_file1 in cmd.files, f"Expected {self.test_file1} in files"
+        assert self.test_file2 in cmd.files, f"Expected {self.test_file2} in files"
+
+    def test_single_file(self):
+        """Test that single file works correctly."""
+        sys.argv = ["cppcheck-hook", self.test_file1]
+        cmd = CppcheckCmd(sys.argv)
+        # The file should be in cmd.files
+        assert len(cmd.files) == 1, f"Expected 1 file, found {len(cmd.files)}"
+        assert self.test_file1 in cmd.files, f"Expected {self.test_file1} in files"
diff --git a/tests/test_edge_cases.py b/tests/test_edge_cases.py
index 0727082..37417b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_edge_cases.py
+++ b/tests/test_edge_cases.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 from hooks.cpplint import CpplintCmd
 from hooks.oclint import OCLintCmd
 from hooks.uncrustify import UncrustifyCmd
-from hooks.utils import Command, FormatterCmd, StaticAnalyzerCmd
+from hooks.utils import Command
+from hooks.utils import FormatterCmd
+from hooks.utils import StaticAnalyzerCmd
 
 
 class TestArgumentParsing:
diff --git a/tests/test_hooks.py b/tests/test_hooks.py
index 1d13a95..5e686ec 100755
--- a/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ def generate_clang_tidy_tests(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     def generate_cppcheck_tests(cls):
-        cppcheck_arg_sets = [[]]
+        # Test with no additional args, with -j option, and with -j2 option
+        cppcheck_arg_sets = [[], ["-j", "2"], ["-j2"]]
         # cppcheck adds unnecessary error information.
         # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6986033
         if cls.versions["cppcheck"] <= "1.88":
@@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ def run_shell_cmd(cmd_name, files, args, _, target_output, target_retcode):
             actual = filtered_actual
         # Newer cppcheck versions include a checkers report info line
         if cmd_name == "cppcheck":
+            # Filter out warning about -j option and unusedFunction check
+            actual = re.sub(rb"cppcheck: unusedFunction check can't be used with '-j' option\. Disabling unusedFunction check\.\n", b"", actual)
+            # Filter out warning about -j option requiring --cppcheck-build-dir
+            actual = re.sub(rb"cppcheck: unusedFunction check requires --cppcheck-build-dir to be active with -j\.\n", b"", actual)
             actual = re.sub(rb"\nnofile:0:0: information: Active checkers.*\n+", b"\n", actual)
             # Windows cppcheck adds extra trailing newlines - normalize both to have exactly one
             if actual and actual.strip():  # Don't normalize empty output
diff --git a/tests/test_logic_regression.py b/tests/test_logic_regression.py
index b51cd7e..9675bf1 100644
--- a/tests/test_logic_regression.py
+++ b/tests/test_logic_regression.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_cppcheck_default_args_added(self):
             assert "--enable=all" in cmd.args
             assert "--suppress=unmatchedSuppression" in cmd.args
             assert "--suppress=missingIncludeSystem" in cmd.args
-            assert "--suppress=unusedFunction" in cmd.args
+            # assert "--suppress=unusedFunction" in cmd.args   # Not needed
         finally:
             if os.path.exists(temp_file):
                 os.unlink(temp_file)
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_functions.py b/tests/test_utils_functions.py
index a8ada76..edbe5d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_functions.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 import os
 import subprocess as sp
 import tempfile
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
-from hooks.utils import Command, FormatterCmd, StaticAnalyzerCmd
+from hooks.utils import Command
+from hooks.utils import FormatterCmd
+from hooks.utils import StaticAnalyzerCmd
 
 
 class TestCommandBaseClass: