diff --git a/cpplint.py b/cpplint.py
index 0d4a799d5..2e95327a2 100755
--- a/cpplint.py
+++ b/cpplint.py
@@ -3162,10 +3162,10 @@ def CheckSpacing(filename, clean_lines, linenum, nesting_state, error):
   line = clean_lines.elided[linenum]
 
   # You shouldn't have spaces before your brackets, except maybe after
-  # 'delete []' or 'return []() {};', or in the case of c++ attributes
-  # like 'class [[clang::lto_visibility_public]] MyClass'.
+  # 'delete []', 'return []() {};', 'auto [abc, ...] = ...;' or in the case of
+  # c++ attributes like 'class [[clang::lto_visibility_public]] MyClass'.
   if (Search(r'\w\s+\[', line)
-      and not Search(r'(?:delete|return)\s+\[', line)
+      and not Search(r'(?:auto&?|delete|return)\s+\[', line)
       and not Search(r'\s+\[\[', line)):
     error(filename, linenum, 'whitespace/braces', 5,
           'Extra space before [')