diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 32cb316d5..47b4ae6f0 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -975,6 +975,12 @@ and cxx_infer_headers =
     "Include C++ header models during compilation. Infer swaps some C++ headers for its own in order to get a better model of, eg, the standard library. This can sometimes cause compilation failures."
 
 
+and cxx_scope_guards =
+  CLOpt.mk_json ~long:"cxx-scope-guards"
+    ~in_help:CLOpt.([(Analyze, manual_clang)])
+    "Specify scope guard classes that can be read only by destructors without being reported as dead stores."
+
+
 and cxx =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"cxx" ~default:true
     ~in_help:CLOpt.([(Capture, manual_clang)])
@@ -2347,6 +2353,8 @@ and cxx = !cxx
 
 and cxx_infer_headers = !cxx_infer_headers
 
+and cxx_scope_guards = !cxx_scope_guards
+
 and debug_level_analysis = !debug_level_analysis
 
 and debug_level_capture = !debug_level_capture
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 4cd232681..2285d6220 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ val cxx : bool
 
 val cxx_infer_headers : bool
 
+val cxx_scope_guards : Yojson.Basic.json
+
 val debug_level_analysis : int
 
 val debug_level_capture : int
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/liveness.ml b/infer/src/checkers/liveness.ml
index 02a458180..370dc8ce3 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/liveness.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/liveness.ml
@@ -85,6 +85,37 @@ end
 module CFG = ProcCfg.OneInstrPerNode (ProcCfg.Backward (ProcCfg.Exceptional))
 module Analyzer = AbstractInterpreter.Make (CFG) (TransferFunctions)
 
+(* It's fine to have a dead store on a type that uses the "scope guard" pattern. These types
+   are only read in their destructors, and this is expected/ok.
+   (e.g., https://github.com/facebook/folly/blob/master/folly/ScopeGuard.h). *)
+let matcher_scope_guard =
+  let of_json init = function
+    | `List scope_guards ->
+        List.fold scope_guards ~f:(fun acc json -> Yojson.Basic.Util.to_string json :: acc) ~init
+    | _ ->
+        init
+  in
+  let default_scope_guards =
+    [ (* C++ *)
+      "folly::RWSpinLock::ReadHolder"
+    ; "folly::RWSpinLock::WriteHolder"
+    ; "folly::ScopeGuard"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutex::ReadHolder"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutex::WriteHolder"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutexReadPriority::ReadHolder"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutexReadPriority::WriteHolder"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutexWritePriority::ReadHolder"
+    ; "folly::SharedMutexWritePriority::WriteHolder"
+    ; "folly::SpinLockGuard"
+    ; "std::lock_guard"
+    ; "std::scoped_lock"
+    ; "std::unique_lock" (* Obj-C *)
+    ; "CKComponentScope" ]
+  in
+  of_json default_scope_guards Config.cxx_scope_guards
+  |> QualifiedCppName.Match.of_fuzzy_qual_names
+
+
 let checker {Callbacks.tenv; summary; proc_desc} : Specs.summary =
   let cfg = CFG.from_pdesc proc_desc in
   let invariant_map =
@@ -101,28 +132,6 @@ let checker {Callbacks.tenv; summary; proc_desc} : Specs.summary =
     | _ ->
         false
   in
-  let matcher_scope_guard =
-    QualifiedCppName.Match.of_fuzzy_qual_names
-      [ (* C++ *)
-        "faiss::ScopeDeleter"
-      ; "folly::RWSpinLock::ReadHolder"
-      ; "folly::RWSpinLock::WriteHolder"
-      ; "folly::ScopeGuard"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutex::ReadHolder"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutex::WriteHolder"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutexReadPriority::ReadHolder"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutexReadPriority::WriteHolder"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutexWritePriority::ReadHolder"
-      ; "folly::SharedMutexWritePriority::WriteHolder"
-      ; "folly::SpinLockGuard"
-      ; "std::lock_guard"
-      ; "std::scoped_lock"
-      ; "std::unique_lock" (* Obj-C *)
-      ; "CKComponentScope" ]
-  in
-  (* It's fine to have a dead store on a type that uses the "scope guard" pattern. These types
-     are only read in their destructors, and this is expected/ok.
-     (e.g., https://github.com/facebook/folly/blob/master/folly/ScopeGuard.h). *)
   let rec is_scope_guard = function
     | {Typ.desc= Tstruct name} ->
         QualifiedCppName.Match.match_qualifiers matcher_scope_guard (Typ.Name.qual_name name)
@@ -169,3 +178,4 @@ let checker {Callbacks.tenv; summary; proc_desc} : Specs.summary =
   in
   List.iter (CFG.nodes cfg) ~f:report_on_node ;
   summary
+
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/.inferconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf04eac65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/.inferconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "cxx-scope-guards": [
+    "infer::ScopeGuard"
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp
index b1daa7f51..cd2c3e22b 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <new>
 #include <thread>
 
+namespace infer {
+class ScopeGuard {};
+}; // namespace infer
+
 namespace folly {
 class ScopeGuard {};
 
@@ -301,6 +305,8 @@ void read_holder_ok() { folly::SharedMutex::ReadHolder guard; }
 
 void write_holder_ok() { folly::SharedMutex::WriteHolder guard; }
 
+void custom_scope_guard_ok() { infer::ScopeGuard guard; }
+
 struct S {
   ~S() {}
 };
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/issues.exp
index 735dd1099..c780f20dc 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/issues.exp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::dead_then_live_bad, 1,
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::easy_bad, 0, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::init_capture_no_call_bad, 1, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::init_capture_reassign_bad, 1, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
-codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::lambda_bad::lambda_dead_stores.cpp:160:11_operator(), 1, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
+codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::lambda_bad::lambda_dead_stores.cpp:164:11_operator(), 1, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::plus_plus1_bad, 2, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::plus_plus2_bad, 2, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]
 codetoanalyze/cpp/liveness/dead_stores.cpp, dead_stores::plus_plus3_bad, 2, DEAD_STORE, [Write of unused value]