diff --git a/cpplint/cpplint.py b/cpplint/cpplint.py
index 65baa6c..6c839b4 100755
--- a/cpplint/cpplint.py
+++ b/cpplint/cpplint.py
@@ -3283,8 +3283,8 @@ 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 []() {};'
-  if Search(r'\w\s+\[', line) and not Search(r'(?:delete|return)\s+\[', line):
+  # 'delete []', 'return []() {};', or 'auto [abc, ...] = ...;'.
+  if Search(r'\w\s+\[', line) and not Search(r'(?:auto&?|delete|return)\s+\[', line):
     error(filename, linenum, 'whitespace/braces', 5,
           'Extra space before [')