diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 2d55278b..2b61fff4 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Checks:        "*,\
 -fuchsia-default-arguments,\
 -google-readability-todo,\
 -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-member-init,\
+-cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-static-cast-downcast,\
 # not currently a coding convention, C++11-specific, but conceivable,\
 -modernize-use-nullptr,\
 -modernize-use-equals-default,\