diff --git a/cli/executor.cpp b/cli/executor.cpp
index c7955d71704..aab7242a197 100644
--- a/cli/executor.cpp
+++ b/cli/executor.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Executor::Executor(const std::map<std::string, std::size_t> &files, const Settin
 
 bool Executor::hasToLog(const ErrorMessage &msg)
 {
-    if (!mSuppressions.isSuppressed(msg))
+    if (!mSuppressions.isSuppressed(msg, {}))
     {
         std::string errmsg = msg.toString(mSettings.verbose);
 
diff --git a/cli/processexecutor.cpp b/cli/processexecutor.cpp
index 04be345e9bc..543ee8df630 100644
--- a/cli/processexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/processexecutor.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ void ProcessExecutor::reportInternalChildErr(const std::string &childname, const
                               "cppcheckError",
                               Certainty::normal);
 
-    if (!mSuppressions.isSuppressed(errmsg))
+    if (!mSuppressions.isSuppressed(errmsg, {}))
         mErrorLogger.reportErr(errmsg);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 126d9d93682..55284f6fb19 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -858,6 +858,13 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
                 }
                 hasValidConfig = true;
 
+                // locations macros
+                mLocationMacros.clear();
+                for (const Token* tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+                    if (!tok->getMacroName().empty())
+                        mLocationMacros[Location(files[tok->fileIndex()], tok->linenr())].emplace(tok->getMacroName());
+                }
+
                 // If only errors are printed, print filename after the check
                 if (!mSettings.quiet && (!mCurrentConfig.empty() || checkCount > 1)) {
                     std::string fixedpath = Path::simplifyPath(filename);
@@ -1556,8 +1563,17 @@ void CppCheck::reportErr(const ErrorMessage &msg)
     if (!mSettings.buildDir.empty())
         mAnalyzerInformation.reportErr(msg);
 
+    std::set<std::string> macroNames;
+    if (!msg.callStack.empty()) {
+        const std::string &file = msg.callStack.back().getfile(false);
+        int lineNumber = msg.callStack.back().line;
+        const auto it = mLocationMacros.find(Location(file, lineNumber));
+        if (it != mLocationMacros.cend())
+            macroNames = it->second;
+    }
+
     // TODO: only convert if necessary
-    const auto errorMessage = Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(msg);
+    const auto errorMessage = Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(msg, macroNames);
 
     if (mSettings.nomsg.isSuppressed(errorMessage, mUseGlobalSuppressions)) {
         return;
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.h b/lib/cppcheck.h
index 78d40c3aa20..a9282a0e6cf 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.h
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <list>
 #include <map>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -223,6 +224,9 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB CppCheck : ErrorLogger {
     /** @brief Current preprocessor configuration */
     std::string mCurrentConfig;
 
+    using Location = std::pair<std::string, int>;
+    std::map<Location, std::set<std::string>> mLocationMacros; // What macros are used on a location?
+
     unsigned int mExitCode{};
 
     bool mUseGlobalSuppressions;
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index 1712ac86c34..d4c1804b832 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -119,15 +119,16 @@ static bool parseInlineSuppressionCommentToken(const simplecpp::Token *tok, std:
         const std::string suppressTypeString =
             comment.substr(pos1 + cppchecksuppress.size() + 1, argumentLength);
 
-        if ("file" == suppressTypeString) {
+        if ("file" == suppressTypeString)
             errorType = Suppressions::Type::file;
-        } else if ("begin" == suppressTypeString) {
+        else if ("begin" == suppressTypeString)
             errorType = Suppressions::Type::blockBegin;
-        } else if ("end" == suppressTypeString) {
+        else if ("end" == suppressTypeString)
             errorType = Suppressions::Type::blockEnd;
-        } else {
+        else if ("macro" == suppressTypeString)
+            errorType = Suppressions::Type::macro;
+        else
             return false;
-        }
     }
 
     if (comment[pos2] == '[') {
@@ -217,6 +218,15 @@ static void addInlineSuppressions(const simplecpp::TokenList &tokens, const Sett
         }
         relativeFilename = Path::simplifyPath(relativeFilename);
 
+        // Macro name
+        std::string macroName;
+        if (tok->str() == "#" && tok->next && tok->next->str() == "define") {
+            const simplecpp::Token *macroNameTok = tok->next->next;
+            if (sameline(tok, macroNameTok) && macroNameTok->name) {
+                macroName = macroNameTok->str();
+            }
+        }
+
         // Add the suppressions.
         for (Suppressions::Suppression &suppr : inlineSuppressions) {
             suppr.fileName = relativeFilename;
@@ -252,7 +262,7 @@ static void addInlineSuppressions(const simplecpp::TokenList &tokens, const Sett
                     // NOLINTNEXTLINE(bugprone-use-after-move) - moved only when thrownError is false
                     bad.emplace_back(suppr.fileName, suppr.lineNumber, "Suppress End: No matching begin");
                 }
-            } else if (Suppressions::Type::unique == suppr.type) {
+            } else if (Suppressions::Type::unique == suppr.type || suppr.type == Suppressions::Type::macro) {
                 // special handling when suppressing { warnings for backwards compatibility
                 const bool thisAndNextLine = tok->previous &&
                                              tok->previous->previous &&
@@ -264,6 +274,7 @@ static void addInlineSuppressions(const simplecpp::TokenList &tokens, const Sett
 
                 suppr.thisAndNextLine = thisAndNextLine;
                 suppr.lineNumber = tok->location.line;
+                suppr.macroName = macroName;
                 suppressions.addSuppression(std::move(suppr));
             } else if (Suppressions::Type::file == suppr.type) {
                 if (onlyComments)
diff --git a/lib/suppressions.cpp b/lib/suppressions.cpp
index 284ba30d71a..d395a4c1ed2 100644
--- a/lib/suppressions.cpp
+++ b/lib/suppressions.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 
-Suppressions::ErrorMessage Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(const ::ErrorMessage &msg)
+Suppressions::ErrorMessage Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(const ::ErrorMessage &msg, const std::set<std::string> &macroNames)
 {
     Suppressions::ErrorMessage ret;
     ret.hash = msg.hash;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Suppressions::ErrorMessage Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(const ::
     }
     ret.certainty = msg.certainty;
     ret.symbolNames = msg.symbolNames();
+    ret.macroNames = macroNames;
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -308,7 +309,8 @@ bool Suppressions::Suppression::parseComment(std::string comment, std::string *e
         "cppcheck-suppress",
         "cppcheck-suppress-begin",
         "cppcheck-suppress-end",
-        "cppcheck-suppress-file"
+        "cppcheck-suppress-file",
+        "cppcheck-suppress-macro"
     };
 
     std::istringstream iss(comment.substr(2));
@@ -343,14 +345,19 @@ bool Suppressions::Suppression::isSuppressed(const Suppressions::ErrorMessage &e
         return false;
     if (!errorId.empty() && !matchglob(errorId, errmsg.errorId))
         return false;
-    if (!fileName.empty() && !matchglob(fileName, errmsg.getFileName()))
-        return false;
-    if ((Suppressions::Type::unique == type) && (lineNumber != NO_LINE) && (lineNumber != errmsg.lineNumber)) {
-        if (!thisAndNextLine || lineNumber + 1 != errmsg.lineNumber)
+    if (type == Suppressions::Type::macro) {
+        if (errmsg.macroNames.count(macroName) == 0)
+            return false;
+    } else {
+        if (!fileName.empty() && !matchglob(fileName, errmsg.getFileName()))
+            return false;
+        if ((Suppressions::Type::unique == type) && (lineNumber != NO_LINE) && (lineNumber != errmsg.lineNumber)) {
+            if (!thisAndNextLine || lineNumber + 1 != errmsg.lineNumber)
+                return false;
+        }
+        if ((Suppressions::Type::block == type) && ((errmsg.lineNumber < lineBegin) || (errmsg.lineNumber > lineEnd)))
             return false;
     }
-    if ((Suppressions::Type::block == type) && ((errmsg.lineNumber < lineBegin) || (errmsg.lineNumber > lineEnd)))
-        return false;
     if (!symbolName.empty()) {
         for (std::string::size_type pos = 0; pos < errmsg.symbolNames.size();) {
             const std::string::size_type pos2 = errmsg.symbolNames.find('\n',pos);
@@ -412,11 +419,11 @@ bool Suppressions::isSuppressed(const Suppressions::ErrorMessage &errmsg, bool g
     return returnValue;
 }
 
-bool Suppressions::isSuppressed(const ::ErrorMessage &errmsg)
+bool Suppressions::isSuppressed(const ::ErrorMessage &errmsg, const std::set<std::string>& macroNames)
 {
     if (mSuppressions.empty())
         return false;
-    return isSuppressed(Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(errmsg));
+    return isSuppressed(Suppressions::ErrorMessage::fromErrorMessage(errmsg, macroNames));
 }
 
 void Suppressions::dump(std::ostream & out) const
@@ -445,6 +452,8 @@ std::list<Suppressions::Suppression> Suppressions::getUnmatchedLocalSuppressions
     for (const Suppression &s : mSuppressions) {
         if (s.matched || ((s.lineNumber != Suppression::NO_LINE) && !s.checked))
             continue;
+        if (s.type == Suppressions::Type::macro)
+            continue;
         if (s.hash > 0)
             continue;
         if (!unusedFunctionChecking && s.errorId == "unusedFunction")
diff --git a/lib/suppressions.h b/lib/suppressions.h
index 53f3b6e7f90..d859ed02f64 100644
--- a/lib/suppressions.h
+++ b/lib/suppressions.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <istream>
 #include <list>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
 public:
 
     enum class Type {
-        unique, file, block, blockBegin, blockEnd
+        unique, file, block, blockBegin, blockEnd, macro
     };
 
     struct CPPCHECKLIB ErrorMessage {
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
         int lineNumber;
         Certainty certainty;
         std::string symbolNames;
+        std::set<std::string> macroNames;
 
-        static Suppressions::ErrorMessage fromErrorMessage(const ::ErrorMessage &msg);
+        static Suppressions::ErrorMessage fromErrorMessage(const ::ErrorMessage &msg, const std::set<std::string> &macroNames);
     private:
         std::string mFileName;
     };
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
                 return fileName < other.fileName;
             if (symbolName != other.symbolName)
                 return symbolName < other.symbolName;
+            if (macroName != other.macroName)
+                return macroName < other.macroName;
             if (hash != other.hash)
                 return hash < other.hash;
             if (thisAndNextLine != other.thisAndNextLine)
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
                 return false;
             if (symbolName != other.symbolName)
                 return false;
+            if (macroName != other.macroName)
+                return false;
             if (hash != other.hash)
                 return false;
             if (type != other.type)
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
         int lineEnd = NO_LINE;
         Type type = Type::unique;
         std::string symbolName;
+        std::string macroName;
         std::size_t hash{};
         bool thisAndNextLine{}; // Special case for backwards compatibility: { // cppcheck-suppress something
         bool matched{};
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Suppressions {
      * @param errmsg error message
      * @return true if this error is suppressed.
      */
-    bool isSuppressed(const ::ErrorMessage &errmsg);
+    bool isSuppressed(const ::ErrorMessage &errmsg, const std::set<std::string>& macroNames);
 
     /**
      * @brief Create an xml dump of suppressions
diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index 346364b4019..a56a6112937 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ struct TokenImpl {
     // original name like size_t
     std::string* mOriginalName{};
 
+    // If this token came from a macro replacement list, this is the name of that macro
+    std::string mMacroName;
+
     // ValueType
     ValueType* mValueType{};
 
@@ -461,10 +464,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         setFlag(fIsStandardType, b);
     }
     bool isExpandedMacro() const {
-        return getFlag(fIsExpandedMacro);
-    }
-    void isExpandedMacro(const bool m) {
-        setFlag(fIsExpandedMacro, m);
+        return !mImpl->mMacroName.empty();
     }
     bool isCast() const {
         return getFlag(fIsCast);
@@ -763,6 +763,13 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         setFlag(fIsTemplateArg, value);
     }
 
+    std::string getMacroName() const {
+        return mImpl->mMacroName;
+    }
+    void setMacroName(std::string name) {
+        mImpl->mMacroName = std::move(name);
+    }
+
     template<size_t count>
     static const Token *findsimplematch(const Token * const startTok, const char (&pattern)[count]) {
         return findsimplematch(startTok, pattern, count-1);
@@ -1305,7 +1312,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         fIsPointerCompare       = (1ULL << 2),
         fIsLong                 = (1ULL << 3),
         fIsStandardType         = (1ULL << 4),
-        fIsExpandedMacro        = (1ULL << 5),
+        //fIsExpandedMacro        = (1ULL << 5),
         fIsCast                 = (1ULL << 6),
         fIsAttributeConstructor = (1ULL << 7),  // __attribute__((constructor)) __attribute__((constructor(priority)))
         fIsAttributeDestructor  = (1ULL << 8),  // __attribute__((destructor))  __attribute__((destructor(priority)))
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 895af19e63d..b9d8486d725 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ namespace {
                 if (pointerType) {
                     tok->insertToken("const");
                     tok->next()->column(tok->column());
-                    tok->next()->isExpandedMacro(tok->previous()->isExpandedMacro());
+                    tok->next()->setMacroName(tok->previous()->getMacroName());
                     tok->deletePrevious();
                 }
             }
@@ -7172,7 +7172,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl(Token * tokBegin, const Token * const tokEnd, co
                 endDecl = endDecl->next();
                 endDecl->next()->isSplittedVarDeclEq(true);
                 endDecl->insertToken(varName->str());
-                endDecl->next()->isExpandedMacro(varName->isExpandedMacro());
+                endDecl->next()->setMacroName(varName->getMacroName());
                 continue;
             }
             //non-VLA case
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 6cfebb4558a..a1bdae75aee 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ void TokenList::insertTokens(Token *dest, const Token *src, nonneg int n)
         dest->varId(src->varId());
         dest->tokType(src->tokType());
         dest->flags(src->flags());
+        dest->setMacroName(src->getMacroName());
         src  = src->next();
         --n;
     }
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ void TokenList::createTokens(simplecpp::TokenList&& tokenList)
         mTokensFrontBack.back->fileIndex(tok->location.fileIndex);
         mTokensFrontBack.back->linenr(tok->location.line);
         mTokensFrontBack.back->column(tok->location.col);
-        mTokensFrontBack.back->isExpandedMacro(!tok->macro.empty());
+        mTokensFrontBack.back->setMacroName(tok->macro);
 
         tok = tok->next;
         if (tok)
diff --git a/man/manual-premium.md b/man/manual-premium.md
index ad6d51f017e..d0cf7a5dd8d 100644
--- a/man/manual-premium.md
+++ b/man/manual-premium.md
@@ -530,6 +530,41 @@ Suppressing multiple ids in one comment by using []:
 
     // cppcheck-suppress [aaaa, bbbb]
 
+Suppressing warnings `aaaa` on a block of code:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-begin aaaa
+    ...
+    // cppcheck-suppress-end aaaa
+
+Suppressing multiple ids on a block of code:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-begin [aaaa, bbbb]
+    ...
+    // cppcheck-suppress-end [aaaa, bbbb]
+
+Suppressing warnings `aaaa` for a whole file:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-file aaaa
+
+Suppressing multiple ids for a whole file:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-file [aaaa, bbbb]
+
+Suppressing warnings `aaaa` where macro is used:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-macro aaaa
+    #define MACRO ...
+    ...
+    x = MACRO; // <- aaaa warnings are suppressed here
+
+
+Suppressing multiple ids where macro is used:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-macro [aaaa, bbbb]
+    #define MACRO ...
+    ...
+    x = MACRO; // <- aaaa and bbbb warnings are suppressed here
+
 ### Comment before code or on same line
 
 The comment can be put before the code or at the same line as the code.
diff --git a/man/manual.md b/man/manual.md
index 7f4b1210cd7..332bc9a2a57 100644
--- a/man/manual.md
+++ b/man/manual.md
@@ -551,6 +551,21 @@ Suppressing multiple ids for a whole file:
 
     // cppcheck-suppress-file [aaaa, bbbb]
 
+Suppressing warnings `aaaa` where macro is used:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-macro aaaa
+    #define MACRO ...
+    ...
+    x = MACRO; // <- aaaa warnings are suppressed here
+
+
+Suppressing multiple ids where macro is used:
+
+    // cppcheck-suppress-macro [aaaa, bbbb]
+    #define MACRO ...
+    ...
+    x = MACRO; // <- aaaa and bbbb warnings are suppressed here
+
 ### Comment before code or on same line
 
 The comment can be put before the code or at the same line as the code.
diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
index dbecae7cffe..089c188ac2f 100644
--- a/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ Other:
 - "--project" can also no longer be used in conjunction with additional source files.
 - If a addon cannot be found it will bail out immediately instead of continously writing errors and failing the analysis at the end.
 - Added CMake option "BUILD_MANPAGE" which adds the "man" target which will build the manpage. This requires xsltproc and the docbook XSLs to be installed.
+- Improved inline suppressions:
+  - You can suppress warnings in a block of code using "-begin" and "-end".
+  - You can suppress warnings in current file using "-file".
+  - You can suppress all warnings where macro is used using "-macro"
diff --git a/test/testsuppressions.cpp b/test/testsuppressions.cpp
index 20f192cac57..6374ac36fe2 100644
--- a/test/testsuppressions.cpp
+++ b/test/testsuppressions.cpp
@@ -777,6 +777,19 @@ class TestSuppressions : public TestFixture {
                                      "  int a; return a;\n"
                                      "}\n",
                                      "uninitvar"));
+
+        // cppcheck-suppress-macro
+        (this->*check)("// cppcheck-suppress-macro zerodiv\n"
+                       "#define DIV(A,B) A/B\n"
+                       "a = DIV(10,0);\n",
+                       "");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        (this->*check)("// cppcheck-suppress-macro abc\n"
+                       "#define DIV(A,B) A/B\n"
+                       "a = DIV(10,1);\n",
+                       "");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str()); // <- no unmatched suppression reported for macro suppression
     }
 
     void suppressionsSettings() {