diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 230d292f5..6556ff204 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -3494,6 +3494,21 @@ static void valueFlowContainerForward(const Token *tok, unsigned int containerId
 
 static void valueFlowContainerSize(TokenList *tokenlist, SymbolDatabase* symboldatabase, ErrorLogger * /*errorLogger*/, const Settings *settings)
 {
+    // declaration
+    for (const Variable *var : symboldatabase->variableList()) {
+        if (!var || !var->isLocal() || var->isPointer() || var->isReference())
+            continue;
+        if (!var->valueType() || !var->valueType()->container)
+            continue;
+        if (!Token::Match(var->nameToken(), "%name% ;"))
+            continue;
+        ValueFlow::Value value(0);
+        value.valueType = ValueFlow::Value::ValueType::CONTAINER_SIZE;
+        value.setKnown();
+        valueFlowContainerForward(var->nameToken()->next(), var->declarationId(), value, settings);
+    }
+
+    // conditional conditionSize
     for (const Scope &scope : symboldatabase->scopeList) {
         if (scope.type != Scope::ScopeType::eIf) // TODO: while
             continue;
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 9ac32f26f..f2b361cfb 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -3325,6 +3325,12 @@ private:
                "  if (!v.empty() && v[10]==0) {}\n" // <- no container size for 'v[10]'
                "}";
         ASSERT(tokenValues(code, "v [").empty());
+
+        code = "void f() {\n"
+               "  std::list<int> ints;\n"
+               "  ints.front();\n"
+               "}";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", isKnownContainerSizeValue(tokenValues(code, "ints . front"), 0));
     }
 };