diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 2a422594988..5695fe02823 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void MainWindow::analysisDone()
         if (QDir(buildDir).exists()) {
             mUI->mResults->saveStatistics(buildDir + "/statistics.txt");
             mUI->mResults->updateFromOldReport(buildDir + "/lastResults.xml");
-            mUI->mResults->save(buildDir + "/lastResults.xml", Report::XMLV2);
+            mUI->mResults->save(buildDir + "/lastResults.xml", Report::XMLV2, mCppcheckCfgProductName);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ void MainWindow::save()
                 type = Report::CSV;
         }
 
-        mUI->mResults->save(selectedFile, type);
+        mUI->mResults->save(selectedFile, type, mCppcheckCfgProductName);
         setPath(SETTINGS_LAST_RESULT_PATH, selectedFile);
     }
 }
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ void MainWindow::complianceReport()
     tempResults.open();
     tempResults.close();
 
-    mUI->mResults->save(tempResults.fileName(), Report::XMLV2);
+    mUI->mResults->save(tempResults.fileName(), Report::XMLV2, mCppcheckCfgProductName);
 
     ComplianceReportDialog dlg(mProjectFile, tempResults.fileName());
     dlg.exec();
diff --git a/gui/resultstree.cpp b/gui/resultstree.cpp
index 8f132c25967..cfefd73ceb3 100644
--- a/gui/resultstree.cpp
+++ b/gui/resultstree.cpp
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static int indexOf(const QList<ErrorItem> &list, const ErrorItem &item)
 void ResultsTree::updateFromOldReport(const QString &filename)
 {
     QList<ErrorItem> oldErrors;
-    XmlReportV2 oldReport(filename);
+    XmlReportV2 oldReport(filename, QString());
     if (oldReport.open()) {
         oldErrors = oldReport.read();
         oldReport.close();
diff --git a/gui/resultsview.cpp b/gui/resultsview.cpp
index 402cab520fe..beb6d60a1fa 100644
--- a/gui/resultsview.cpp
+++ b/gui/resultsview.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void ResultsView::updateFromOldReport(const QString &filename) const
     mUI->mTree->updateFromOldReport(filename);
 }
 
-void ResultsView::save(const QString &filename, Report::Type type) const
+void ResultsView::save(const QString &filename, Report::Type type, const QString& productName) const
 {
     Report *report = nullptr;
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void ResultsView::save(const QString &filename, Report::Type type) const
         report = new TxtReport(filename);
         break;
     case Report::XMLV2:
-        report = new XmlReportV2(filename);
+        report = new XmlReportV2(filename, productName);
         break;
     }
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void ResultsView::readErrorsXml(const QString &filename)
         return;
     }
 
-    XmlReportV2 report(filename);
+    XmlReportV2 report(filename, QString());
     QList<ErrorItem> errors;
     if (report.open()) {
         errors = report.read();
diff --git a/gui/resultsview.h b/gui/resultsview.h
index d978afab936..6a9743b2889 100644
--- a/gui/resultsview.h
+++ b/gui/resultsview.h
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ class ResultsView : public QWidget {
      *
      * @param filename Filename to save results to
      * @param type Type of the report.
+     * @param productName Custom product name
      */
-    void save(const QString &filename, Report::Type type) const;
+    void save(const QString &filename, Report::Type type, const QString& productName) const;
 
     /**
      * @brief Update results from old report (tag, sinceDate)
diff --git a/gui/test/xmlreportv2/testxmlreportv2.cpp b/gui/test/xmlreportv2/testxmlreportv2.cpp
index 25b822718f4..cede5842de0 100644
--- a/gui/test/xmlreportv2/testxmlreportv2.cpp
+++ b/gui/test/xmlreportv2/testxmlreportv2.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 void TestXmlReportV2::readXml() const
 {
     const QString filepath(QString(SRCDIR) + "/../data/xmlfiles/xmlreport_v2.xml");
-    XmlReportV2 report(filepath);
+    XmlReportV2 report(filepath, QString());
     QVERIFY(report.open());
     QList<ErrorItem> errors = report.read();
     QCOMPARE(errors.size(), 6);
diff --git a/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp b/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
index 152f3127e1e..3bb5190e183 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
+++ b/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ static const QString IdAttribute = "id";
 static const QString SeverityAttribute = "severity";
 static const QString MsgAttribute = "msg";
 static const QString VersionAttribute = "version";
+static const QString ProductNameAttribute = "product-name";
 static const QString VerboseAttribute = "verbose";
 
-XmlReportV2::XmlReportV2(const QString &filename) :
+XmlReportV2::XmlReportV2(const QString &filename, QString productName) :
     XmlReport(filename),
+    mProductName(std::move(productName)),
     mXmlReader(nullptr),
     mXmlWriter(nullptr)
 {}
@@ -87,12 +89,18 @@ bool XmlReportV2::open()
 
 void XmlReportV2::writeHeader()
 {
+    const auto nameAndVersion = Settings::getNameAndVersion(mProductName.toStdString());
+    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(nameAndVersion.first);
+    const QString version = nameAndVersion.first.empty() ? CppCheck::version() : QString::fromStdString(nameAndVersion.second);
+
     mXmlWriter->setAutoFormatting(true);
     mXmlWriter->writeStartDocument();
     mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(ResultElementName);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(VersionAttribute, QString::number(2));
     mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(CppcheckElementName);
-    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(VersionAttribute, QString(CppCheck::version()));
+    if (!name.isEmpty())
+        mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(ProductNameAttribute, name);
+    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(VersionAttribute, version);
     mXmlWriter->writeEndElement();
     mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(ErrorsElementName);
 }
diff --git a/gui/xmlreportv2.h b/gui/xmlreportv2.h
index d8ac04f7773..6f93ccdb326 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreportv2.h
+++ b/gui/xmlreportv2.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class QXmlStreamWriter;
  */
 class XmlReportV2 : public XmlReport {
 public:
-    explicit XmlReportV2(const QString &filename);
+    explicit XmlReportV2(const QString &filename, QString productName);
     ~XmlReportV2() override;
 
     /**
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class XmlReportV2 : public XmlReport {
     ErrorItem readError(const QXmlStreamReader *reader);
 
 private:
+    /** Product name read from cppcheck.cfg */
+    const QString mProductName;
+
     /**
      * @brief XML stream reader for reading the report in XML format.
      */
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index fbb635c691d..c60dff28a7d 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -425,14 +425,9 @@ void ErrorMessage::deserialize(const std::string &data)
 
 std::string ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader(std::string productName)
 {
-    std::string version = CppCheck::version();
-    if (!productName.empty() && std::isdigit(productName.back())) {
-        const std::string::size_type pos = productName.find_last_not_of(".0123456789");
-        if (pos > 1 && pos != std::string::npos && productName[pos] == ' ') {
-            version = productName.substr(pos+1);
-            productName.erase(pos);
-        }
-    }
+    const auto nameAndVersion = Settings::getNameAndVersion(productName);
+    productName = nameAndVersion.first;
+    const std::string version = (!nameAndVersion.first.empty()) ? CppCheck::version() : nameAndVersion.second;
 
     tinyxml2::XMLPrinter printer;
 
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index 6ded3497e4e..97a31eaafbc 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ std::string Settings::loadCppcheckCfg()
     return "";
 }
 
+std::pair<std::string, std::string> Settings::getNameAndVersion(const std::string& productName) {
+    if (productName.empty())
+        return {};
+    const std::string::size_type pos1 = productName.rfind(' ');
+    if (pos1 == std::string::npos)
+        return {};
+    if (pos1 + 2 >= productName.length())
+        return {};
+    for (auto pos2 = pos1 + 1; pos2 < productName.length(); ++pos2) {
+        const char c = productName[pos2];
+        const char prev = productName[pos2-1];
+        if (std::isdigit(c))
+            continue;
+        if (c == '.' && std::isdigit(prev))
+            continue;
+        if (c == 's' && pos2 + 1 == productName.length() && std::isdigit(prev))
+            continue;
+        return {};
+    }
+    return {productName.substr(0, pos1), productName.substr(pos1+1)};
+}
+
 std::string Settings::parseEnabled(const std::string &str, std::tuple<SimpleEnableGroup<Severity>, SimpleEnableGroup<Checks>> &groups)
 {
     // Enable parameters may be comma separated...
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index 81de9a36d89..bb95a4aa5aa 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB WARN_UNUSED Settings {
 
     std::string loadCppcheckCfg();
 
+    static std::pair<std::string, std::string> getNameAndVersion(const std::string& productName);
+
     /** @brief addons, either filename of python/json file or json data */
     std::unordered_set<std::string> addons;
 
diff --git a/test/testsettings.cpp b/test/testsettings.cpp
index 6c2b2de2d7c..a9e8466a2e2 100644
--- a/test/testsettings.cpp
+++ b/test/testsettings.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TestSettings : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(simpleEnableGroup);
         TEST_CASE(loadCppcheckCfg);
         TEST_CASE(loadCppcheckCfgSafety);
+        TEST_CASE(getNameAndVersion);
     }
 
     void simpleEnableGroup() const {
@@ -238,6 +239,21 @@ class TestSettings : public TestFixture {
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, s.safety);
         }
     }
+
+    void getNameAndVersion() const
+    {
+        {
+            const auto nameVersion = Settings::getNameAndVersion("Cppcheck Premium 12.3.4");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("Cppcheck Premium", nameVersion.first);
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("12.3.4", nameVersion.second);
+        }
+
+        {
+            const auto nameVersion = Settings::getNameAndVersion("Cppcheck Premium 12.3.4s");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("Cppcheck Premium", nameVersion.first);
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("12.3.4s", nameVersion.second);
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSettings)