diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/Record.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/Record.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/Record.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/Record.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
 #include "clang/AST/DeclGroup.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/SourceManager.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/Specifiers.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
 #include "clang/Lex/MacroInfo.h"
 #include "clang/Lex/PPCallbacks.h"
@@ -352,6 +353,15 @@
   return IWYUPublic.find(FE->getUniqueID()) != IWYUPublic.end();
 }
 
+namespace {
+template <typename T>
+bool isImplicitTemplateSpecialization(const NamedDecl *D) {
+  if (const auto *TD = dyn_cast<T>(D))
+    return TD->getTemplateSpecializationKind() == TSK_ImplicitInstantiation;
+  return false;
+}
+} // namespace
+
 std::unique_ptr<ASTConsumer> RecordedAST::record() {
   class Recorder : public ASTConsumer {
     RecordedAST *Out;
@@ -364,11 +374,21 @@
       for (Decl *D : DG) {
         if (!SM.isWrittenInMainFile(SM.getExpansionLoc(D->getLocation())))
           continue;
-        // FIXME: Filter out certain Obj-C and template-related decls.
+        if (const NamedDecl *ND = dyn_cast<NamedDecl>(D))
+          if (isImplicitTemplateInstantiation(ND))
+            continue;
+        // FIXME: Filter out certain Obj-C as well.
         Out->Roots.push_back(D);
       }
       return ASTConsumer::HandleTopLevelDecl(DG);
     }
+
+  private:
+  bool isImplicitTemplateInstantiation(const NamedDecl *D) {   
+    return isImplicitTemplateSpecialization<FunctionDecl>(D) ||
+         isImplicitTemplateSpecialization<CXXRecordDecl>(D) ||
+         isImplicitTemplateSpecialization<VarDecl>(D);
+  }
   };
 
   return std::make_unique<Recorder>(this);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/RecordTest.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/RecordTest.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/RecordTest.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/RecordTest.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,28 @@
   EXPECT_THAT(Recorded.Roots, testing::ElementsAre(named("x")));
 }
 
+// Decl from template instantiation is filtered out from roots.
+TEST_F(RecordASTTest, TemplateInstantiations) {
+  Inputs.ExtraFiles["dispatch.h"] = R"cpp(
+  struct A {
+    static constexpr int value = 1;
+  };
+  template <class Getter>
+  int dispatch() {
+    return Getter::template get<A>();
+  }
+  )cpp";
+  Inputs.Code = R"cpp(
+  #include "dispatch.h"  
+  struct MyGetter {
+    template <class T> static int get() { return T::value; }
+  };
+  int v = dispatch<MyGetter>();
+  )cpp";
+  auto AST = build();
+  EXPECT_THAT(Recorded.Roots, testing::Not(testing::ElementsAre(named("get"))));
+}
+
 class RecordPPTest : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
   TestInputs Inputs;