diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "../ClangTidy.h"
 #include "../ClangTidyModule.h"
 #include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
+#include "../google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.h"
 #include "../misc/NonPrivateMemberVariablesInClassesCheck.h"
 #include "../misc/UnconventionalAssignOperatorCheck.h"
 #include "../modernize/AvoidCArraysCheck.h"
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
         "cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<AvoidNonConstGlobalVariablesCheck>(
         "cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<google::ExplicitConstructorCheck>(
+        "cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<modernize::UseOverrideCheck>(
         "cppcoreguidelines-explicit-virtual-functions");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<InitVariablesCheck>(
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.h b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.h
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@
 class ExplicitConstructorCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
 public:
   ExplicitConstructorCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
-      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
+        ConstructorWhitelist(Options.get("ConstructorWhitelist", "")) {}
+  void storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) override;
   bool isLanguageVersionSupported(const LangOptions &LangOpts) const override {
     return LangOpts.CPlusPlus;
   }
   void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
   void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
+
+private:
+  const std::string ConstructorWhitelist;
 };
 
 } // namespace google
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/google/ExplicitConstructorCheck.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "ExplicitConstructorCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/OptionsUtils.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h"
@@ -17,11 +18,24 @@
 namespace clang {
 namespace tidy {
 namespace google {
+namespace {
+auto hasAnyWhitelistedName(const std::string &Names) {
+  const std::vector<std::string> NameList =
+      utils::options::parseStringList(Names);
+  return hasAnyName(std::vector<StringRef>(NameList.begin(), NameList.end()));
+}
+} // namespace
+
+void ExplicitConstructorCheck::storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
+  Options.store(Opts, "ConstructorWhitelist", ConstructorWhitelist);
+}
 
 void ExplicitConstructorCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
   Finder->addMatcher(
-      cxxConstructorDecl(unless(anyOf(isImplicit(), // Compiler-generated.
-                                      isDeleted(), isInstantiated())))
+      cxxConstructorDecl(
+          unless(anyOf(isImplicit(), // Compiler-generated.
+                       isDeleted(), isInstantiated(),
+                       hasAnyWhitelistedName(ConstructorWhitelist))))
           .bind("ctor"),
       this);
   Finder->addMatcher(
@@ -85,7 +99,7 @@
       "%0 must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions";
 
   if (const auto *Conversion =
-      Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXConversionDecl>("conversion")) {
+          Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXConversionDecl>("conversion")) {
     if (Conversion->isOutOfLine())
       return;
     SourceLocation Loc = Conversion->getLocation();
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
   :doc:`concurrency-thread-canceltype-asynchronous
   <clang-tidy/checks/concurrency-thread-canceltype-asynchronous>` was added.
 
+- New alias :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion
+  <clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion>` to
+  :doc:`google-explicit-constructor
+  <clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor>` was added.
+
 Changes in existing checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -142,6 +147,12 @@
   function or assignment to ``nullptr``.
   Added support for pointers to ``std::unique_ptr``.
 
+- Improved :doc:`google-explicit-constructor
+  <clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor>` check.
+
+  Added an option to disable warnings for constructors contained in a
+  whitelist.
+
 Removed checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion.rst
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion
+.. meta::
+   :http-equiv=refresh: 5;URL=google-explicit-constructor.html
+
+cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor
+======================================
+
+The cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion check is an alias,
+please see `google-explicit-constructor <google-explicit-constructor.html>`_
+for more information.
+
+This check implements `C.46 <https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/CppCoreGuidelines.md#c46-by-default-declare-single-argument-constructors-explicit>`_
+and `C.164 <https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/CppCoreGuidelines.md#c164-avoid-implicit-conversion-operators>`_
+from the CppCoreGuidelines.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-explicit-constructor.rst
@@ -54,3 +54,13 @@
 
 
 See https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#Explicit_Constructors
+
+Options
+-------
+
+.. option:: ConstructorWhitelist
+
+    Non-explicit single-argument constructors in this semicolon-separated list
+    will be ignored and will not trigger a warning. This option is used by this
+    check's `cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion <cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion.html>`_
+    alias to comply with the CppCoreGuidelines. The default list is empty.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@
    `cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays <cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays.html>`_, `modernize-avoid-c-arrays <modernize-avoid-c-arrays.html>`_,
    `cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers <cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers.html>`_, `readability-magic-numbers <readability-magic-numbers.html>`_,
    `cppcoreguidelines-c-copy-assignment-signature <cppcoreguidelines-c-copy-assignment-signature.html>`_, `misc-unconventional-assign-operator <misc-unconventional-assign-operator.html>`_,
+   `cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion <cppcoreguidelines-explicit-constructor-and-conversion.html>`_, `google-explicit-constructor <google-explicit-constructor.html>`_, "Yes"
    `cppcoreguidelines-explicit-virtual-functions <cppcoreguidelines-explicit-virtual-functions.html>`_, `modernize-use-override <modernize-use-override.html>`_, "Yes"
    `cppcoreguidelines-non-private-member-variables-in-classes <cppcoreguidelines-non-private-member-variables-in-classes.html>`_, `misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes <misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes.html>`_,
    `fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces <fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces.html>`_, `google-build-namespaces <google-build-namespaces.html>`_,
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/google-explicit-constructor-constructorwhitelist-option.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/google-explicit-constructor-constructorwhitelist-option.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/google-explicit-constructor-constructorwhitelist-option.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -check-suffix=DEFAULT %s \
+// RUN: google-explicit-constructor %t -- \
+// RUN: -config='{CheckOptions: [ \
+// RUN: ]}'
+
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -check-suffix=WHITELISTED %s \
+// RUN: google-explicit-constructor %t -- \
+// RUN: -config='{CheckOptions: [ \
+// RUN:   {key: google-explicit-constructor.ConstructorWhitelist, value: "A;B"} \
+// RUN: ]}'
+
+struct A {
+  A() {}
+  A(int x, int y) {}
+
+  explicit A(void *x) {}
+  explicit A(void *x, void *y) {}
+
+  explicit A(const A &a) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:12: warning: copy constructor should not be declared explicit [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}A(const A &a) {}
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=A
+
+  A(int x1);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: single-argument constructors must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit A(int x1);
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=A
+
+  A(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit A(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=A
+
+  template <typename... T>
+  A(T &&...args);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit A(T &&...args);
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=A
+};
+
+inline A::A(int x1) {}
+
+struct B {
+  B() {}
+  B(int x, int y) {}
+
+  explicit B(void *x) {}
+  explicit B(void *x, void *y) {}
+
+  explicit B(const B &b) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:12: warning: copy constructor should not be declared explicit [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}B(const B &b) {}
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=B
+
+  B(int x1);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: single-argument constructors must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit B(int x1);
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=B
+
+  B(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit B(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=B
+
+  template <typename... T>
+  B(T &&...args);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument
+  // CHECK-FIXES-DEFAULT: {{^  }}explicit B(T &&...args);
+  // WHITELISTED: Warning disabled with ConstructorWhitelist=B
+};
+
+struct C {
+  C() {}
+  C(int x, int y) {}
+
+  explicit C(void *x) {}
+  explicit C(void *x, void *y) {}
+
+  explicit C(const C &c) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:12: warning: copy constructor should not be declared explicit [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-WHITELISTED: :[[@LINE-2]]:12: warning: copy constructor should not be declared explicit [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}C(const C &c) {}
+
+  C(int x1);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: single-argument constructors must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-WHITELISTED: :[[@LINE-2]]:3: warning: single-argument constructors must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}explicit C(int x1);
+
+  C(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-WHITELISTED: :[[@LINE-2]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument must be marked explicit to avoid unintentional implicit conversions [google-explicit-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}explicit C(double x2, double y = 3.14) {}
+
+  template <typename... T>
+  C(T &&...args);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-DEFAULT: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES-WHITELISTED: :[[@LINE-2]]:3: warning: constructors that are callable with a single argument
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}explicit C(T &&...args);
+};