diff --git a/CPPLINT.cfg b/CPPLINT.cfg
index 1e2521f0b6442..ba6bdf08c10ca 100644
--- a/CPPLINT.cfg
+++ b/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ filter=-whitespace/parens         # we allow closing parenthesis to be on the ne
 filter=-whitespace/semicolon      # we allow the developer to decide about whitespace after a semicolon
 filter=-build/header_guard        # we automatically fix the names of header guards using pre-commit
 filter=-build/include_order       # we use the custom include order
+filter=-build/include_subdir      # we allow the style of "foo.hpp"