diff --git a/src/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/src/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index eea3e6a80..9bd9265bb 100644
--- a/src/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer)
         if (tok->str().find(":") != std::string::npos)
             continue;
 
+        // If this is a template function, skip it
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), ">"))
+            continue;
+
         const Token *funcname = 0;
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% %var% ("))
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index fdd5a23f8..8d727085a 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(callback1);
         TEST_CASE(else1);
         TEST_CASE(functionpointer);
+        TEST_CASE(template1);
     }
 
     void check(const char code[])
@@ -119,6 +120,18 @@ private:
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void template1()
+    {
+        check("template<class T> void foo() { }\n"
+              "\n"
+              "int main()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    foo<int>();\n"
+              "    return 0\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestUnusedFunctions)