diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 8b9e62b16..4e0e15f42 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -5705,6 +5705,18 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueType(Token *tok, const ValueType &valuetype)
     }
 
     if (ternary || parent->isArithmeticalOp() || parent->tokType() == Token::eIncDecOp) {
+        // CONTAINER + pointer => CONTAINER
+        if (parent->str() == "+" && vt1 && vt1->type == ValueType::Type::CONTAINER && vt2 && vt2->pointer != 0) {
+            setValueType(parent, *vt1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // pointer + CONTAINER => CONTAINER
+        if (parent->str() == "+" && vt1 && vt1->pointer != 0U && vt2 && vt2->type == ValueType::Type::CONTAINER) {
+            setValueType(parent, *vt2);
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (vt1->pointer != 0U && vt2 && vt2->pointer == 0U) {
             setValueType(parent, *vt1);
             return;
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 2af37c431..1d2bc8d54 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -7140,6 +7140,7 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("void foo(Vector<test::string> v) { for (auto s: v) { x=s+s; } }", "s", "test.cpp", &set));
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("void foo(Vector<test::string> v) { for (auto s: v) { x=s+s; } }", "+", "test.cpp", &set));
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("Vector<test::string> v; x = v.front();", "(", "test.cpp", &set));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("void foo(){test::string s; return \"x\"+s;}", "+", "test.cpp", &set));
         }
 
         // new