diff --git a/lib/checksrc.whitelist b/lib/checksrc.whitelist
index d20909bdc2699727685e0135784732e9fadc638e..9c29cf96df7a684174269110548502461905c2ef 100644
--- a/lib/checksrc.whitelist
+++ b/lib/checksrc.whitelist
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
     return fopen(file, "r", "rfm=stmlf", "ctx=stm");
     curl_memlog("FILE %s:%d fopen(\"%s\",\"%s\") = %p\n",
            a URL as file://localhost//foo must be valid as well, to refer to
+  const char atom_specials[] = "(){ %*]";