diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/TokenAnnotator.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/TokenAnnotator.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Format/TokenAnnotator.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/TokenAnnotator.cpp
@@ -2896,6 +2896,11 @@
     // No whitespace in x(/*foo=*/1), except for JavaScript.
     return Style.Language == FormatStyle::LK_JavaScript ||
            !Left.TokenText.endswith("=*/");
+
+  // Space between template and attribute.
+  // e.g. template <typename T> [[nodiscard]] ...
+  if (Left.is(TT_TemplateCloser) && Right.is(TT_AttributeSquare))
+    return true;
   if (Right.is(tok::l_paren)) {
     if ((Left.is(tok::r_paren) && Left.is(TT_AttributeParen)) ||
         (Left.is(tok::r_square) && Left.is(TT_AttributeSquare)))
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
@@ -8005,6 +8005,8 @@
   verifyFormat("@[ [NSArray class] ];");
   verifyFormat("@[ [foo enum] ];");
 
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> [[nodiscard]] int a() { return 1; }");
+
   // Make sure we do not parse attributes as lambda introducers.
   FormatStyle MultiLineFunctions = getLLVMStyle();
   MultiLineFunctions.AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine = FormatStyle::SFS_None;