diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/misc/UseInternalLinkageCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/misc/UseInternalLinkageCheck.cpp
index a1a20c0782230..e2071b806b125 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/misc/UseInternalLinkageCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/misc/UseInternalLinkageCheck.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ void UseInternalLinkageCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
                                 isMain())))
           .bind("fn"),
       this);
-  Finder->addMatcher(varDecl(Common, hasGlobalStorage()).bind("var"), this);
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      varDecl(Common, hasGlobalStorage(), unless(hasThreadStorageDuration()))
+          .bind("var"),
+      this);
 }
 
 static constexpr StringRef Message =
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 72aa05eb4dcd1..816e3ea579817 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ Changes in existing checks
 
 - Improved :doc:`misc-use-internal-linkage
   <clang-tidy/checks/misc/use-internal-linkage>` check by fix false positives
-  for function or variable in header file which contains macro expansion.
+  for function or variable in header file which contains macro expansion and
+  excluding variables with ``thread_local`` storage class specifier from being
+  matched.
 
 - Improved :doc:`modernize-use-default-member-init
   <clang-tidy/checks/modernize/use-default-member-init>` check by matching
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/misc/use-internal-linkage-var.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/misc/use-internal-linkage-var.cpp
index 901272e40b8f2..3da05c71dd94f 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/misc/use-internal-linkage-var.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/misc/use-internal-linkage-var.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ extern int global_extern;
 
 static int global_static;
 
+thread_local int global_thread_local;
+
 namespace {
 static int global_anonymous_ns;
 namespace NS {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ static int global_anonymous_ns;
 static void f(int para) {
   int local;
   static int local_static;
+  thread_local int local_thread_local;
 }
 
 struct S {