diff --git a/R/indentation_linter.R b/R/indentation_linter.R
index 6fc59f2e7..4db29e3db 100644
--- a/R/indentation_linter.R
+++ b/R/indentation_linter.R
@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@
 #'     # body
 #'   }
 #'   ```
+#' @param assignment_as_infix Treat `<-` as a regular (i.e. left-associative) infix operator?
+#'   This means, that infix operators on the right hand side of an assignment do not trigger a second level of
+#'   indentation:
+#'   ```r
+#'   # complies to any style
+#'   variable <- a %+%
+#'     b %+%
+#'     c
+#'
+#'   # complies to assignment_as_infix = TRUE
+#'   variable <-
+#'     a %+%
+#'     b %+%
+#'     c
+#'
+#'   # complies to assignment_as_infix = FALSE
+#'   variable <-
+#'     a %+%
+#'       b %+%
+#'       c
+#'   ```
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' # will produce lints
@@ -97,7 +118,8 @@
 #' - <https://style.tidyverse.org/functions.html#long-lines-1>
 #'
 #' @export
-indentation_linter <- function(indent = 2L, hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "always", "never")) {
+indentation_linter <- function(indent = 2L, hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "always", "never"),
+                               assignment_as_infix = TRUE) {
   paren_tokens_left <- c("OP-LEFT-BRACE", "OP-LEFT-PAREN", "OP-LEFT-BRACKET", "LBB")
   paren_tokens_right <- c("OP-RIGHT-BRACE", "OP-RIGHT-PAREN", "OP-RIGHT-BRACKET", "OP-RIGHT-BRACKET")
   infix_tokens <- setdiff(infix_metadata$xml_tag, c("OP-LEFT-BRACE", "OP-COMMA", paren_tokens_left))
@@ -118,6 +140,15 @@ indentation_linter <- function(indent = 2L, hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "al
     }
   }
 
+  if (isTRUE(assignment_as_infix)) {
+    infix_condition <- glue::glue("
+      and (not(ancestor::expr/preceding-sibling::LEFT_ASSIGN[{xp_last_on_line}]) or ancestor::expr[expr[SYMBOL_FUNCTION_CALL]])
+    ")
+    # suppress only infix operators that are not inside of a function call
+  } else {
+    infix_condition <- ""
+  }
+
   xp_block_ends <- paste0(
     "number(",
     paste(
@@ -141,7 +172,7 @@ indentation_linter <- function(indent = 2L, hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "al
                     @line2 > @line1 and
                     ({xp_or(paste0('descendant::', paren_tokens_left, '[', xp_last_on_line, ']'))})
                   ]/@line1)]"),
-      glue::glue("//{infix_tokens}[{xp_last_on_line}]"),
+      glue::glue("//{infix_tokens}[{xp_last_on_line}{infix_condition}]"),
       glue::glue("//{no_paren_keywords}[{xp_last_on_line}]"),
       glue::glue("//{keyword_tokens}/following-sibling::OP-RIGHT-PAREN[
                     {xp_last_on_line} and
diff --git a/man/indentation_linter.Rd b/man/indentation_linter.Rd
index 73a181ea8..869a24064 100644
--- a/man/indentation_linter.Rd
+++ b/man/indentation_linter.Rd
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 \usage{
 indentation_linter(
   indent = 2L,
-  hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "always", "never")
+  hanging_indent_style = c("tidy", "always", "never"),
+  assignment_as_infix = TRUE
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -54,6 +55,28 @@ function(
   # body
 \}
 }\if{html}{\out{</div>}}}
+
+\item{assignment_as_infix}{Treat \verb{<-} as a regular (i.e. left-associative) infix operator?
+This means, that infix operators on the right hand side of an assignment do not trigger a second level of
+indentation:
+
+\if{html}{\out{<div class="sourceCode r">}}\preformatted{# complies to any style
+variable <- a \%+\%
+  b \%+\%
+  c
+
+# complies to assignment_as_infix = TRUE
+variable <-
+  a \%+\%
+  b \%+\%
+  c
+
+# complies to assignment_as_infix = FALSE
+variable <-
+  a \%+\%
+    b \%+\%
+    c
+}\if{html}{\out{</div>}}}
 }
 \description{
 Check that indentation is consistent
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-indentation_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-indentation_linter.R
index b50b676f0..6cce575d5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-indentation_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-indentation_linter.R
@@ -634,6 +634,37 @@ test_that("hanging_indent_stlye works", {
   expect_lint(code_hanging_same_line, "Indent", non_hanging_linter)
 })
 
+test_that("assignment_as_infix works", {
+  code_infix <- trim_some("
+    ok_code <-
+      var1 +
+      f(
+        var2 +
+          var3
+      ) +
+      var4
+  ")
+
+  code_no_infix <- trim_some("
+    ok_code <-
+      var1 +
+        f(
+          var2 +
+            var3
+        ) +
+        var4
+  ")
+
+  tidy_linter <- indentation_linter()
+  no_infix_linter <- indentation_linter(assignment_as_infix = FALSE)
+
+  expect_lint(code_infix, NULL, tidy_linter)
+  expect_lint(code_no_infix, rex::rex("Indentation should be 2 spaces but is 4 spaces."), tidy_linter)
+
+  expect_lint(code_infix, rex::rex("Indentation should be 4 spaces but is 2 spaces."), no_infix_linter)
+  expect_lint(code_no_infix, NULL, no_infix_linter)
+})
+
 test_that("consecutive same-level lints are suppressed", {
   bad_code <- trim_some("
     ok_code <- 42