diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9f14bf928cc7..da74e65064d1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2361,6 +2361,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
 
+# check for missing a space in a string concatination
+		if ($prevrawline =~ /[^\\]\w"$/ && $rawline =~ /^\+[\t ]+"\w/) {
+			WARN('MISSING_SPACE',
+			     "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+
 # check for spaces before a quoted newline
 		if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) {
 			if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE",