Index: clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(tool)
 add_subdirectory(plugin)
+add_subdirectory(boost)
 add_subdirectory(cert)
 add_subdirectory(llvm)
 add_subdirectory(cppcoreguidelines)
Index: clang-tidy/boost/BoostTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/boost/BoostTidyModule.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//===------- BoostTidyModule.cpp - clang-tidy -----------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModule.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace boost {
+
+class BoostModule : public ClangTidyModule {
+public:
+  void addCheckFactories(ClangTidyCheckFactories &CheckFactories) override {}
+};
+
+// Register the BoostModule using this statically initialized variable.
+static ClangTidyModuleRegistry::Add<BoostModule> X("boost-module",
+                                                   "Add boost checks.");
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link in the generated object file
+// and thus register the BoostModule.
+volatile int BoostModuleAnchorSource = 0;
+
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
Index: clang-tidy/boost/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/boost/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS support)
+
+add_clang_library(clangTidyBoostModule
+  BoostTidyModule.cpp
+
+  LINK_LIBS
+  clangAST
+  clangASTMatchers
+  clangBasic
+  clangLex
+  clangTidy
+  clangTidyUtils
+  )
Index: clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   clangFrontend
   clangSema
   clangTidy
+  clangTidyBoostModule
   clangTidyCERTModule
   clangTidyCppCoreGuidelinesModule
   clangTidyGoogleModule
Index: clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   clangASTMatchers
   clangBasic
   clangTidy
+  clangTidyBoostModule
   clangTidyCERTModule
   clangTidyCppCoreGuidelinesModule
   clangTidyGoogleModule
Index: clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED CERTModuleAnchorDestination =
     CERTModuleAnchorSource;
 
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link the BoostModule.
+extern volatile int BoostModuleAnchorSource;
+static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED BoostModuleAnchorDestination =
+    BoostModuleAnchorSource;
+
 // This anchor is used to force the linker to link the LLVMModule.
 extern volatile int LLVMModuleAnchorSource;
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED LLVMModuleAnchorDestination =
Index: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
 
   Finds static function and variable definitions in anonymous namespace.
 
+  - New Boost module containing checks for issues with Boost library
+
 Fixed bugs:
 
 - Crash when running on compile database with relative source files paths.
Index: docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 * Clang static analyzer checks are named starting with ``clang-analyzer-``.
 
+* Checks related to Boost library starts with ``boost-``. 
+  
 Clang diagnostics are treated in a similar way as check diagnostics. Clang
 diagnostics are displayed by clang-tidy and can be filtered out using
 ``-checks=`` option. However, the ``-checks=`` option does not affect