Index: clang-tidy/google/GlobalVariableDeclarationCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/google/GlobalVariableDeclarationCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/google/GlobalVariableDeclarationCheck.cpp
@@ -79,12 +79,16 @@
 void GlobalVariableDeclarationCheck::check(
     const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   if (const auto *Decl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("global_var")) {
+    if (Decl->isStaticDataMember())
+      return;
     diag(Decl->getLocation(),
          "non-const global variable '%0' must have a name which starts with "
          "'g[A-Z]'")
         << Decl->getName() << generateFixItHint(Decl, false);
   }
   if (const auto *Decl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("global_const")) {
+    if (Decl->isStaticDataMember())
+      return;
     diag(Decl->getLocation(),
          "const global variable '%0' must have a name which starts with "
          "an appropriate prefix")
Index: test/clang-tidy/google-objc-global-variable-declaration.mm
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/clang-tidy/google-objc-global-variable-declaration.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s google-objc-global-variable-declaration %t
+
+class MyTest {
+    static int not_objc_style;
+};
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