diff --git a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
index 53a22247..86f9dbba 100644
--- a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
+++ b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
@@ -1554,6 +1554,7 @@ class Fixture : public internal::Benchmark {
   BaseClass##_##Method##_Benchmark
 
 #define BENCHMARK_PRIVATE_DECLARE(n)                                 \
+  /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-use-anonymous-namespace) */                 \
   static ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark* BENCHMARK_PRIVATE_NAME(n) \
       BENCHMARK_UNUSED