Index: clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 add_clang_library(clangTidyCppCoreGuidelinesModule
   CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
   InterfacesGlobalInitCheck.cpp
+  MacroUsageCheck.cpp
   NoMallocCheck.cpp
   OwningMemoryCheck.cpp
   ProBoundsArrayToPointerDecayCheck.cpp
Index: clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/CppCoreGuidelinesTidyModule.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
 #include "../misc/UnconventionalAssignOperatorCheck.h"
 #include "InterfacesGlobalInitCheck.h"
+#include "MacroUsageCheck.h"
 #include "NoMallocCheck.h"
 #include "OwningMemoryCheck.h"
 #include "ProBoundsArrayToPointerDecayCheck.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
   void addCheckFactories(ClangTidyCheckFactories &CheckFactories) override {
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<InterfacesGlobalInitCheck>(
         "cppcoreguidelines-interfaces-global-init");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<MacroUsageCheck>(
+        "cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<NoMallocCheck>("cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<OwningMemoryCheck>(
         "cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory");
Index: clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MacroUsageCheck.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MacroUsageCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//===--- MacroUsageCheck.h - clang-tidy--------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_CPPCOREGUIDELINES_MACROUSAGECHECK_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_CPPCOREGUIDELINES_MACROUSAGECHECK_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace cppcoreguidelines {
+
+enum class MacroUsageMode { Constant, Function, Variadic };
+/// Find macro usage that is considered problematic because better language
+/// constructs exist for the task.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.html
+class MacroUsageCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+public:
+  MacroUsageCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+  void registerPPCallbacks(CompilerInstance &Compiler) override;
+  void warnMacro(const MacroDirective *MD);
+};
+
+} // namespace cppcoreguidelines
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
+
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_CPPCOREGUIDELINES_MACROUSAGECHECK_H
Index: clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MacroUsageCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MacroUsageCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//===--- MacroUsageCheck.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 "MacroUsageCheck.h"
+//#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+//#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/PPCallbacks.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace cppcoreguidelines {
+
+namespace {
+class MacroUsageCallbacks : public PPCallbacks {
+public:
+  MacroUsageCallbacks(MacroUsageCheck *Check) : Check{Check} {}
+  void MacroDefined(const Token &MacroNameTok,
+                    const MacroDirective *MD) override {
+    if (MD->getMacroInfo()->isUsedForHeaderGuard() ||
+        MD->getMacroInfo()->getNumTokens() == 0)
+      return;
+
+    Check->warnMacro(MD);
+  }
+
+private:
+  MacroUsageCheck *Check;
+};
+} // namespace
+
+void MacroUsageCheck::registerPPCallbacks(CompilerInstance &Compiler) {
+  Compiler.getPreprocessor().addPPCallbacks(
+      llvm::make_unique<MacroUsageCallbacks>(this));
+}
+
+void MacroUsageCheck::warnMacro(const MacroDirective *MD) {
+  std::string DiagnosticMessage = "don't use macros to declare constants";
+
+  auto *Info = MD->getMacroInfo();
+  if (Info->isFunctionLike())
+    DiagnosticMessage = "don't use macros to simulate functions";
+  if (Info->isVariadic())
+    DiagnosticMessage = "don't use macros to simulate variadic templates";
+
+  diag(MD->getLocation(), DiagnosticMessage);
+}
+
+} // namespace cppcoreguidelines
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
Index: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@
 Improvements to clang-tidy
 --------------------------
 
-- ...
+- New `cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage
+  <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.html>`_ check
+
+  Find macro usage that is considered problematic because better language
+  constructs exist for the task.
 
 Improvements to include-fixer
 -----------------------------
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.rst
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage
+
+cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage
+=============================
+
+Find macro usage that is considered problematic because better language
+constructs exist for the task.
+
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
    cert-oop11-cpp (redirects to performance-move-constructor-init) <cert-oop11-cpp>
    cppcoreguidelines-c-copy-assignment-signature (redirects to misc-unconventional-assign-operator) <cppcoreguidelines-c-copy-assignment-signature>
    cppcoreguidelines-interfaces-global-init
+   cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage
    cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc
    cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory
    cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-array-to-pointer-decay
Index: test/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage %t
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_GUARD
+#define INCLUDE_GUARD
+
+#define PROBLEMATIC_CONSTANT 0
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:9: warning: don't use macros to declare constants
+
+#define PROBLEMATIC_FUNCTION(x,y) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:9: warning: don't use macros to simulate functions
+
+#define PROBLEMATIC_VARIADIC(...) (__VA_ARGS__)
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:9: warning: don't use macros to simulate variadic templates
+
+#endif