diff --git a/ament_cmake_cppcheck/cmake/ament_cppcheck.cmake b/ament_cmake_cppcheck/cmake/ament_cppcheck.cmake
index cc66f416..c4880ec2 100644
--- a/ament_cmake_cppcheck/cmake/ament_cppcheck.cmake
+++ b/ament_cmake_cppcheck/cmake/ament_cppcheck.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # @public
 #
 function(ament_cppcheck)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "" "LANGUAGE;TESTNAME" "EXCLUDE;LIBRARIES;INCLUDE_DIRS" ${ARGN})
+  cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "" "ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS;LANGUAGE;TESTNAME" "EXCLUDE;LIBRARIES;INCLUDE_DIRS" ${ARGN})
   if(NOT ARG_TESTNAME)
     set(ARG_TESTNAME "cppcheck")
   endif()
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ function(ament_cppcheck)
   if(ARG_INCLUDE_DIRS)
     list(APPEND cmd "--include_dirs" "${ARG_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   endif()
+  if(ARG_ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS)
+    string(TOLOWER ${ARG_ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS} ARG_ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS)
+    list(APPEND cmd "--enable-extra-checks" "${ARG_ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS}")
+  endif()
 
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ament_cppcheck")
   ament_add_test(
diff --git a/ament_cppcheck/ament_cppcheck/main.py b/ament_cppcheck/ament_cppcheck/main.py
index 83c78744..2057e1d1 100755
--- a/ament_cppcheck/ament_cppcheck/main.py
+++ b/ament_cppcheck/ament_cppcheck/main.py
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
         '--cppcheck-version',
         action='store_true',
         help='Get the cppcheck version, print it, and then exit.')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--enable-extra-checks',
+        help="Passed to cppcheck as '--enable=<extra_checks>', and add extra checks to cppcheck "
+             "as the given extra_checks (e.g. 'all', 'warning', 'style').")
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     cppcheck_bin = find_cppcheck_executable()
@@ -161,6 +165,8 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
         cmd.extend(['--suppress=*:' + exclude])
     if jobs:
         cmd.extend(['-j', '%d' % jobs])
+    if args.enable_extra_checks:
+        cmd.extend(['--enable={0}'.format(args.enable_extra_checks)])
     cmd.extend(files)
     try:
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)