diff --git a/style/cpp/.clang-format b/style/cpp/.clang-format
index 52ac0a1..cab3139 100644
--- a/style/cpp/.clang-format
+++ b/style/cpp/.clang-format
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 BreakBeforeTernaryOperators: true
 BreakConstructorInitializers: AfterColon
 BreakInheritanceList: AfterColon
-BreakStringLiterals: true
+BreakStringLiterals: false
 ColumnLimit:     80
 CommentPragmas:  '^ IWYU pragma:'
 CompactNamespaces: false