diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/EmptyCatchCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/EmptyCatchCheck.cpp
index eebab847d1070..16264b9af1ae0 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/EmptyCatchCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/EmptyCatchCheck.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void EmptyCatchCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
   Finder->addMatcher(
       cxxCatchStmt(unless(isExpansionInSystemHeader()), unless(isInMacro()),
                    unless(hasCaughtType(IgnoredExceptionType)),
+                   unless(hasDeclContext(cxxDestructorDecl())),
                    hasHandler(compoundStmt(
                        statementCountIs(0),
                        unless(hasAnyTextFromList(IgnoreCatchWithKeywords)))))
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index c3a6d2f9b2890..426c97225c0e1 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ Changes in existing checks
   correcting a spelling mistake on its option
   ``NamePrefixSuffixSilenceDissimilarityTreshold``.
 
+- Improved :doc:`bugprone-empty-catch
+  <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/empty-catch>` check by allowing empty 
+  ``catch`` blocks in destructors.
+
 - Improved :doc:`bugprone-exception-escape
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/exception-escape>` check's handling of lambdas:
   exceptions from captures are now diagnosed, exceptions in the bodies of
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/empty-catch.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/empty-catch.cpp
index 8ab38229b6dbf..1319496269d86 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/empty-catch.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/empty-catch.cpp
@@ -65,3 +65,12 @@ void functionWithComment2() {
     // @IGNORE: relax its safe
   }
 }
+
+struct StructWithEmptyCatchInDestructor {
+  ~StructWithEmptyCatchInDestructor() {
+    try {
+    } 
+    catch (...) {
+    }
+  }
+};