diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 7cddb8e94..02a2ec1dc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const Token * Tokenizer::isFunctionHead(const Token *tok, const std::string &end
             tok = tok->next();
         return (endsWith.find(tok->str()) != std::string::npos) ? tok : nullptr;
     }
-    if (isCPP() && Token::Match(tok, ") const| throw (")) {
+    if (isCPP() && Token::Match(tok, ") const| throw|noexcept (")) {
         tok = tok->next();
         while (tok->isName())
             tok = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 768f07593..7eca45c3a 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -992,6 +992,20 @@ private:
                                  "void fred ( int x@1 ) throw ( ) { } "
                                  "void wilma ( ) { x ++ ; }\n";
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected3, tokenize(code3, false, "test.cpp"));
+
+        const char code4[] = "void fred(int x) noexcept() {}"
+                             "void wilma() { x++; }";
+        const char expected4[] = "\n\n##file 0\n1: "
+                                 "void fred ( int x@1 ) noexcept ( ) { } "
+                                 "void wilma ( ) { x ++ ; }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected4, tokenize(code4, false, "test.cpp"));
+
+        const char code5[] = "void fred(int x) noexcept {}"
+                             "void wilma() { x++; }";
+        const char expected5[] = "\n\n##file 0\n1: "
+                                 "void fred ( int x@1 ) noexcept { } "
+                                 "void wilma ( ) { x ++ ; }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected5, tokenize(code5, false, "test.cpp"));
     }
 
     void varid57() { // #6636: new scope by {}