diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9b984a2e8..92f00a4ee 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 * `paste_linter()` also catches usages like `paste(rep("*", 10L), collapse = "")` that can be written more
   concisely as `strrep("*", 10L)` (#1108, @MichaelChirico)
 
+* `spaces_inside_linter()` produces lints for spaces inside `[[` (#1673, @IndrajeetPatil).
+
 * `sprintf_linter()` also applies to `gettextf()` (#1677, @MichaelChirico)
 
 ### New linters
diff --git a/R/spaces_inside_linter.R b/R/spaces_inside_linter.R
index e07f49720..bce2a0e69 100644
--- a/R/spaces_inside_linter.R
+++ b/R/spaces_inside_linter.R
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ spaces_inside_linter <- function() {
     and @end != following-sibling::*[1]/@start - 1
     and @line1 = following-sibling::*[1]/@line1
   "
-  left_xpath <- glue::glue("//OP-LEFT-BRACKET[{left_xpath_condition}] | //OP-LEFT-PAREN[{left_xpath_condition}]")
+  left_xpath <- glue::glue("
+  //OP-LEFT-BRACKET[{left_xpath_condition}]
+  | //LBB[{left_xpath_condition}]
+  | //OP-LEFT-PAREN[{left_xpath_condition}]")
 
   right_xpath_condition <- "
     not(preceding-sibling::*[1][self::OP-COMMA])
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ spaces_inside_linter <- function() {
 
     left_expr <- xml2::xml_find_all(xml, left_xpath)
     left_msg <- ifelse(
-      xml2::xml_text(left_expr) == "[",
+      xml2::xml_text(left_expr) %in% c("[", "[["),
       "Do not place spaces after square brackets.",
       "Do not place spaces after parentheses."
     )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-spaces_inside_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-spaces_inside_linter.R
index 973570665..3cab5d145 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-spaces_inside_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-spaces_inside_linter.R
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ test_that("spaces_inside_linter blocks diallowed usages", {
     linter
   )
 
+  expect_lint(
+    "a[[ 1]]",
+    list(
+      message = "Do not place spaces after square brackets",
+      line_number = 1L,
+      column_number = 4L,
+      type = "style"
+    ),
+    linter
+  )
+
   expect_lint(
     "a( 1)",
     list(
@@ -112,6 +123,25 @@ test_that("spaces_inside_linter blocks diallowed usages", {
     linter
   )
 
+  expect_lint(
+    "x[[ 1L ]]",
+    list(
+      list(
+        message = "Do not place spaces after square brackets",
+        line_number = 1L,
+        column_number = 4L,
+        type = "style"
+      ),
+      list(
+        message = "Do not place spaces before square brackets",
+        line_number = 1L,
+        column_number = 7L,
+        type = "style"
+      )
+    ),
+    linter
+  )
+
   expect_lint(
     "a( 1 )",
     list(