diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index f4bcf9574770..640e0e3cf3fe 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1134,6 +1134,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
     if (!typedefs.empty())
     {
         // remove typedefs
+        auto isFunctionPointer = [](const Token* start, const Token* end) {
+            for (const Token* t = start; t != end; t = t->next()) {
+                if (Token::Match(t,  "* %name% ) ("))
+                    return true;
+            }
+        };
         for (auto &t: typedefs) {
             if (t.second.replaceFailed()) {
                 syntaxError(t.second.getTypedefToken());
@@ -1145,6 +1151,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                 typedefInfo.lineNumber = typedefToken->linenr();
                 typedefInfo.column = typedefToken->column();
                 typedefInfo.used = t.second.isUsed();
+                typedefInfo.isFunctionPointer = isFunctionPointer(typedefToken->next(), t.second.endToken());
                 mTypedefInfo.push_back(std::move(typedefInfo));
 
                 t.second.removeDeclaration();
@@ -6184,6 +6191,10 @@ void Tokenizer::dump(std::ostream &out) const
             outs += std::to_string(typedefInfo.used?1:0);
             outs += "\"";
 
+            outs += " isFunctionPointer=\"";
+            outs += std::to_string(typedefInfo.isFunctionPointer);
+            outs += "\"";
+
             outs += "/>";
             outs += '\n';
         }
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 5043c67d73bb..c3cd47cf31f2 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Tokenizer {
         int lineNumber;
         int column;
         bool used;
+        bool isFunctionPointer;
     };
     std::vector<TypedefInfo> mTypedefInfo;