diff --git a/cpplint.py b/cpplint.py
index d6c63df0a..01369e3d6 100755
--- a/cpplint.py
+++ b/cpplint.py
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ _CPP_HEADERS = frozenset([
     'stdexcept',
     'streambuf',
     'string',
+    'string_view',
     'strstream',
     'system_error',
     'thread',