diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 50f72df61..c52c57091 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
 
         std::set<unsigned long long> checksums;
         unsigned int checkCount = 0;
+        bool hasValidConfig = false;
         for (std::set<std::string>::const_iterator it = configurations.begin(); it != configurations.end(); ++it) {
             // bail out if terminated
             if (_settings.terminated())
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
                 timer.Stop();
                 if (tokensP.empty())
                     continue;
+                hasValidConfig = true;
 
                 // skip rest of iteration if just checking configuration
                 if (_settings.checkConfiguration)
@@ -442,6 +444,20 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
             }
         }
 
+        if (!hasValidConfig && configurations.size() > 1) {
+            std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
+            ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc;
+            loc.setfile(Path::toNativeSeparators(filename));
+            locationList.push_back(loc);
+            ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(locationList,
+                                             loc.getfile(),
+                                             Severity::information,
+                                             "No tested configuration is valid, this file is not analyzed.",
+                                             "noValidConfiguration",
+                                             false);
+            reportErr(errmsg);
+        }
+
         // dumped all configs, close root </dumps> element now
         if (_settings.dump && fdump.is_open())
             fdump << "</dumps>" << std::endl;