--- a/tools/clang-tidy/config.yaml
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/config.yaml
@@ -29,16 +29,18 @@ clang_checkers:
   - name: clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.UncheckedReturn
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.vfork
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-argument-comment
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-assert-side-effect
     publish: !!bool yes
+  - name: misc-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion
+    publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-forward-declaration-namespace
     # Name with clang tidy 6.0. We are currently using 5.0
     # - name: bugprone-forward-declaration-namespace
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-suspicious-missing-comma
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-suspicious-semicolon
     publish: !!bool yes

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/test/misc-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion.html
+
+bool test(bool* pointer_to_bool, int* pointer_to_int)
+{
+  if (pointer_to_bool) { // warning for pointer to bool
+  }
+
+  if (pointer_to_int) { // no warning for pointer to int
+  }
+
+  if (!pointer_to_bool) { // no warning, but why not??
+  }
+
+  if (pointer_to_bool != nullptr) { // no warning for nullptr comparison
+  }
+
+  // no warning on return, but why not??
+  // clang-tidy bug: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38060
+  return pointer_to_bool;
+}

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/test/misc-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+"[[\"warning\", \"dubious check of 'bool *' against 'nullptr', did you mean to dereference it?\", \"misc-bool-pointer-implicit-conversion\"]]"
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