diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index c954ca0eba7..7b173e7174a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1040,6 +1040,10 @@ namespace {
             return mEndToken;
         }
 
+        Token* nameToken() const {
+            return mNameToken;
+        }
+
     private:
         static bool isCast(const Token* tok) {
             if (Token::Match(tok, "( %name% ) (|%name%|%num%"))
@@ -1145,6 +1149,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                 typedefInfo.lineNumber = typedefToken->linenr();
                 typedefInfo.column = typedefToken->column();
                 typedefInfo.used = t.second.isUsed();
+                typedefInfo.isFunctionPointer = Token::Match(t.second.nameToken(), "%name% ) (");
                 mTypedefInfo.push_back(std::move(typedefInfo));
 
                 t.second.removeDeclaration();
@@ -1645,6 +1650,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedefCpp()
         typedefInfo.lineNumber = typeName->linenr();
         typedefInfo.column = typeName->column();
         typedefInfo.used = false;
+        typedefInfo.isFunctionPointer = Token::Match(typeName, "%name% ) (");
         mTypedefInfo.push_back(std::move(typedefInfo));
 
         while (!done) {
@@ -6194,6 +6200,10 @@ std::string Tokenizer::dumpTypedefInfo() 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 2695c4ca6b7..715edadf499 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Tokenizer {
         int lineNumber;
         int column;
         bool used;
+        bool isFunctionPointer;
     };
     std::vector<TypedefInfo> mTypedefInfo;
 
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index cff9c763ab0..f606bed734b 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefOriginalName);
 
         TEST_CASE(typedefInfo1);
+
+        TEST_CASE(typedefInfo2);
     }
 
 #define tok(...) tok_(__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -4402,10 +4404,23 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
     void typedefInfo1() {
         const std::string xml = dumpTypedefInfo("typedef int A;\nA x;");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("  <typedef-info>\n"
-                      "    <info name=\"A\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"1\" column=\"1\" used=\"1\"/>\n"
+                      "    <info name=\"A\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"1\" column=\"1\" used=\"1\" isFunctionPointer=\"0\"/>\n"
                       "  </typedef-info>\n",
                       xml);
     }
+
+    void typedefInfo2() {
+        const std::string xml = dumpTypedefInfo("typedef signed short int16_t;\n"
+                                                "typedef void ( *fp16 )( int16_t n );\n"
+                                                "void R_11_1 ( void ){\n"
+                                                "   typedef fp16 ( *pfp16 ) ( void );\n"
+                                                "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("  <typedef-info>\n"
+                      "    <info name=\"fp16\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"2\" column=\"1\" used=\"1\" isFunctionPointer=\"1\"/>\n"
+                      "    <info name=\"int16_t\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"1\" column=\"1\" used=\"1\" isFunctionPointer=\"0\"/>\n"
+                      "    <info name=\"pfp16\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"4\" column=\"20\" used=\"0\" isFunctionPointer=\"1\"/>\n"
+                      "  </typedef-info>\n",xml);
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSimplifyTypedef)