diff --git a/scripts/cpplint.sh b/scripts/cpplint.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 39852d4c..4dc7ed79
--- a/scripts/cpplint.sh
+++ b/scripts/cpplint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CPPLINT="python third-party/cpplint/cpplint.py"
-FLAGS="--filter=-runtime/printf,-runtime/int,-readability/todo,-build/namespace"
+FLAGS="--filter=-runtime/printf,-runtime/int,-readability/todo,-build/namespace,-runtime/references"
 
 cd ..
 $CPPLINT $FLAGS $(find include src test -regex ".*\.[hc]pp$")
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