diff --git a/clang/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h b/clang/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h
--- a/clang/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@
     /// This id is used, for example, for the profiling output.
     /// It defaults to "<unknown>".
     virtual StringRef getID() const;
+
+    /// TraversalKind to use while matching and processing
+    /// the result nodes. This API is temporary to facilitate
+    /// third parties porting existing code to the default
+    /// behavior of clang-tidy.
+    virtual llvm::Optional<ast_type_traits::TraversalKind>
+    getCheckTraversalKind() const;
   };
 
   /// Called when parsing is finished. Intended for testing only.
diff --git a/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.cpp b/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.cpp
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@
         Callback(Callback) {}
 
     void visitMatch(const BoundNodes& BoundNodesView) override {
+      TraversalKindScope RAII(*Context, Callback->getCheckTraversalKind());
       Callback->run(MatchFinder::MatchResult(BoundNodesView, Context));
     }
 
@@ -1142,7 +1143,11 @@
 
 void MatchFinder::addMatcher(const DeclarationMatcher &NodeMatch,
                              MatchCallback *Action) {
-  Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(NodeMatch, Action);
+  if (auto TK = Action->getCheckTraversalKind()) {
+    Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(traverse(*TK, NodeMatch), Action);
+  } else {
+    Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(NodeMatch, Action);
+  }
   Matchers.AllCallbacks.insert(Action);
 }
 
@@ -1154,7 +1159,11 @@
 
 void MatchFinder::addMatcher(const StatementMatcher &NodeMatch,
                              MatchCallback *Action) {
-  Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(NodeMatch, Action);
+  if (auto TK = Action->getCheckTraversalKind()) {
+    Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(traverse(*TK, NodeMatch), Action);
+  } else {
+    Matchers.DeclOrStmt.emplace_back(NodeMatch, Action);
+  }
   Matchers.AllCallbacks.insert(Action);
 }
 
@@ -1243,5 +1252,10 @@
 
 StringRef MatchFinder::MatchCallback::getID() const { return "<unknown>"; }
 
+llvm::Optional<ast_type_traits::TraversalKind>
+MatchFinder::MatchCallback::getCheckTraversalKind() const {
+  return llvm::None;
+}
+
 } // end namespace ast_matchers
 } // end namespace clang