diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index d279be177..713b6bc55 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ unsigned int TemplateSimplifier::templateParameters(const Token *tok)
         while (Token::Match(tok, "*|&|const"))
             tok = tok->next();
 
-        // Function pointer..
-        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "( * ) ("))
-            tok = tok->linkAt(3)->next();
+        // Function pointer or prototype..
+        while (tok->str() == "(")
+            tok = tok->link()->next();
 
         // inner template
         if (tok->str() == "<") {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index fe13a1456..f6394c25b 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_unknown_macro);     // #2638 - unknown macro is not type
         TEST_CASE(varid_using);  // ticket #3648
         TEST_CASE(varid_catch);
+        TEST_CASE(varid_functionPrototypeTemplate);
 
         TEST_CASE(varidclass1);
         TEST_CASE(varidclass2);
@@ -3798,6 +3799,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
     }
 
+    void varid_functionPrototypeTemplate() {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: function < void ( ) > fptr@1 ;\n", tokenizeDebugListing("function<void(void)> fptr;"));
+    }
+
     void varidclass1() {
         const std::string actual = tokenizeDebugListing(
                                        "class Fred\n"