diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index c1244fe..aed0ce8 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@
 DerivePointerAlignment: false
 PointerAlignment: Left
 TabWidth: 2
+
+# cpplint.py does smarter #include sorting than clang-format (the former ignores
+# case and changes '-' to '_').
+SortIncludes: false