diff --git a/CPPLINT.cfg b/CPPLINT.cfg
index 81869c92be64c..1c51d173a42f2 100644
--- a/CPPLINT.cfg
+++ b/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set noparent
 linelength=100
 includeorder=standardcfirst
 filter=-build/c++11               # we do allow C++11
+filter=-build/c++17               # we allow <filesystem>
 filter=-build/namespaces_literals # we allow using namespace for literals
 filter=-runtime/references        # we consider passing non-const references to be ok
 filter=-whitespace/braces         # we wrap open curly braces for namespaces, classes and functions