Index: clang-tidy/misc/UnconventionalAssignOperatorCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/UnconventionalAssignOperatorCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/misc/UnconventionalAssignOperatorCheck.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
   if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus)
     return;
 
-  const auto HasGoodReturnType = cxxMethodDecl(returns(
-      lValueReferenceType(pointee(unless(isConstQualified()),
-                                  hasDeclaration(equalsBoundNode("class"))))));
+  const auto HasGoodReturnType = cxxMethodDecl(returns(lValueReferenceType(
+      pointee(unless(isConstQualified()),
+              anyOf(autoType(), hasDeclaration(equalsBoundNode("class")))))));
 
   const auto IsSelf = qualType(
       anyOf(hasDeclaration(equalsBoundNode("class")),
Index: test/clang-tidy/misc-unconventional-assign-operator.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/clang-tidy/misc-unconventional-assign-operator.cpp
+++ test/clang-tidy/misc-unconventional-assign-operator.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s misc-unconventional-assign-operator %t -- -- -std=c++11 -isystem %S/Inputs/Headers -fno-delayed-template-parsing
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s misc-unconventional-assign-operator %t -- -- -std=c++17 -isystem %S/Inputs/Headers -fno-delayed-template-parsing
 
 namespace std {
 template <typename T>
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
   AlsoGood& operator=(AlsoGood);
 };
 
+struct PR35468 {
+  template<typename T> auto &operator=(const T &) {
+    return *this;
+  }
+};
+
 struct BadReturnType {
   void operator=(const BadReturnType&);
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: operator=() should return 'BadReturnType&' [misc-unconventional-assign-operator]