diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index c0c5ddb64c83..9bc7f449e76f 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -884,7 +884,13 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::argumentSizeError(const Token *tok, const std::string &
 // CTU..
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-namespace {
+// a Clang-built executable will crash when using the anonymous MyFileInfo later on - so put it in a unique namespace for now
+// see https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/12108 for more details
+namespace
+#ifdef __clang__
+CheckBufferOverrun_internal
+#endif
+{
     /** data for multifile checking */
     class MyFileInfo : public Check::FileInfo {
     public:
@@ -907,6 +913,10 @@ namespace {
     };
 }
 
+#ifdef __clang__
+using CheckBufferOverrun_internal::MyFileInfo;
+#endif
+
 bool CheckBufferOverrun::isCtuUnsafeBufferUsage(const Settings *settings, const Token *argtok, MathLib::bigint *offset, int type)
 {
     if (!offset)
diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 245455ad4cab..8e1976dd9464 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -3402,7 +3402,13 @@ void CheckClass::unsafeClassRefMemberError(const Token *tok, const std::string &
                 CWE(0), Certainty::normal);
 }
 
-namespace {
+// a Clang-built executable will crash when using the anonymous MyFileInfo later on - so put it in a unique namespace for now
+// see https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/12108 for more details
+namespace
+#ifdef __clang__
+CheckClass_internal
+#endif
+{
     /* multifile checking; one definition rule violations */
     class MyFileInfo : public Check::FileInfo {
     public:
@@ -3438,6 +3444,10 @@ namespace {
     };
 }
 
+#ifdef __clang__
+using CheckClass_internal::MyFileInfo;
+#endif
+
 Check::FileInfo *CheckClass::getFileInfo(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings) const
 {
     if (!tokenizer->isCPP())
diff --git a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
index cf70f7293eb3..6a1613420060 100644
--- a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
+++ b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
@@ -558,7 +558,13 @@ static bool isUnsafeUsage(const Settings *settings, const Token *vartok, MathLib
     return CheckNullPointer::isPointerDeRef(vartok, unknown, settings);
 }
 
-namespace {
+// a Clang-built executable will crash when using the anonymous MyFileInfo later on - so put it in a unique namespace for now
+// see https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/12108 for more details
+namespace
+#ifdef __clang__
+CheckNullPointer_internal
+#endif
+{
     /* data for multifile checking */
     class MyFileInfo : public Check::FileInfo {
     public:
@@ -573,6 +579,9 @@ namespace {
     };
 }
 
+#ifdef __clang__
+using CheckNullPointer_internal::MyFileInfo;
+#endif
 
 Check::FileInfo *CheckNullPointer::getFileInfo(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings) const
 {
diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 94d64d275378..9ca0b46338db 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1682,7 +1682,13 @@ static bool isVariableUsage(const Settings *settings, const Token *vartok, MathL
     return CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(vartok, settings->library, true, CheckUninitVar::Alloc::ARRAY);
 }
 
-namespace {
+// a Clang-built executable will crash when using the anonymous MyFileInfo later on - so put it in a unique namespace for now
+// see https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/12108 for more details
+namespace
+#ifdef __clang__
+CheckUninitVar_internal
+#endif
+{
     /* data for multifile checking */
     class MyFileInfo : public Check::FileInfo {
     public:
@@ -1697,6 +1703,10 @@ namespace {
     };
 }
 
+#ifdef __clang__
+using CheckUninitVar_internal::MyFileInfo;
+#endif
+
 Check::FileInfo *CheckUninitVar::getFileInfo(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings) const
 {
     const std::list<CTU::FileInfo::UnsafeUsage> &unsafeUsage = CTU::getUnsafeUsage(tokenizer, settings, ::isVariableUsage);