diff --git a/tools/cpplint.py b/tools/cpplint.py
index 832e9c54567..5d6172d5a4e 100755
--- a/tools/cpplint.py
+++ b/tools/cpplint.py
@@ -397,7 +397,10 @@ _OTHER_NOLINT_CATEGORY_PREFIXES = [
 # flag. By default all errors are on, so only add here categories that should be
 # off by default (i.e., categories that must be enabled by the --filter= flags).
 # All entries here should start with a '-' or '+', as in the --filter= flag.
-_DEFAULT_FILTERS = ['-build/include_alpha']
+_DEFAULT_FILTERS = [
+    '-build/include_alpha',
+    '-readability/fn_size',
+    ]
 
 # The default list of categories suppressed for C (not C++) files.
 _DEFAULT_C_SUPPRESSED_CATEGORIES = [