diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 add_subdirectory(fuchsia)
 add_subdirectory(google)
 add_subdirectory(hicpp)
+add_subdirectory(linux)
 add_subdirectory(llvm)
 add_subdirectory(misc)
 add_subdirectory(modernize)
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyForceLinker.h b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyForceLinker.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyForceLinker.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyForceLinker.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED BugproneModuleAnchorDestination =
     BugproneModuleAnchorSource;
 
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link the LinuxModule.
+extern volatile int LinuxModuleAnchorSource;
+static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED LinuxModuleAnchorDestination =
+    LinuxModuleAnchorSource;
+
 // This anchor is used to force the linker to link the LLVMModule.
 extern volatile int LLVMModuleAnchorSource;
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED LLVMModuleAnchorDestination =
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS support)
+
+add_clang_library(clangTidyLinuxModule
+  LinuxTidyModule.cpp
+
+  LINK_LIBS
+  clangAST
+  clangASTMatchers
+  clangBasic
+  clangLex
+  clangTidy
+  clangTidyUtils
+  )
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/LinuxTidyModule.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/LinuxTidyModule.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/linux/LinuxTidyModule.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//===--- LinuxTidyModule.cpp - clang-tidy----------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModule.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace linux {
+
+/// This module is for Linux-kernel-specific checks.
+class LinuxModule : public ClangTidyModule {
+public:
+  void addCheckFactories(ClangTidyCheckFactories &CheckFactories) override {
+  }
+};
+// Register the LinuxTidyModule using this statically initialized variable.
+static ClangTidyModuleRegistry::Add<LinuxModule>
+    X("linux-module", "Adds checks specific to the Linux kernel source.");
+} // namespace linux
+
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link in the generated object file
+// and thus register the LinuxModule.
+volatile int LinuxModuleAnchorSource = 0;
+
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   clangTidyFuchsiaModule
   clangTidyGoogleModule
   clangTidyHICPPModule
+  clangTidyLinuxModule
   clangTidyLLVMModule
   clangTidyMiscModule
   clangTidyModernizeModule
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   clangTidyFuchsiaModule
   clangTidyGoogleModule
   clangTidyHICPPModule
+  clangTidyLinuxModule
   clangTidyLLVMModule
   clangTidyMiscModule
   clangTidyModernizeModule