diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index af7f642e1..f9985f2a8 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static const char * const call_func_white_list[] =
     , "fseeko", "fsetpos", "fstat", "fsync", "ftell", "ftello", "ftruncate"
     , "fwrite", "getc", "if", "ioctl", "lockf", "lseek", "memchr", "memcpy"
     , "memmove", "memset", "posix_fadvise", "posix_fallocate", "pread"
-    , "printf", "puts", "pwrite", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r", "readv"
+    , "printf", "puts", "pwrite", "qsort", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r", "readv"
     , "realloc", "return", "rewind", "rewinddir", "scandir", "seekdir"
     , "setbuf", "setbuffer", "setlinebuf", "setvbuf", "snprintf", "sprintf", "strcasecmp"
     , "strcat", "strchr", "strcmp", "strcpy", "stricmp", "strlen", "strncat", "strncmp"
@@ -517,11 +517,16 @@ static int countParameters(const Token *tok)
     return -1;
 }
 
+bool CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::test_white_list(const char funcname[])
+{
+    return std::bsearch(funcname, call_func_white_list,
+                        sizeof(call_func_white_list) / sizeof(call_func_white_list[0]),
+                        sizeof(call_func_white_list[0]), call_func_white_list_compare);
+}
+
 const char * CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::call_func(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *> callstack, const unsigned int varid, AllocType &alloctype, AllocType &dealloctype, bool &all, unsigned int sz)
 {
-    if (std::bsearch(tok->strAt(0), call_func_white_list,
-                     sizeof(call_func_white_list) / sizeof(call_func_white_list[0]),
-                     sizeof(call_func_white_list[0]), call_func_white_list_compare))
+    if (test_white_list(tok->strAt(0)))
         return 0;
 
     if (noreturn.find(tok->str()) != noreturn.end())
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index ddd7bc903..fd21ee1f3 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ public:
         checkMemoryLeak.check();
     }
 
+    /** For unit testing the white list */
+    static bool test_white_list(const char funcname[]);
+
     void check();
 
     void localleaks();
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index d199d0812..c7ca840e6 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ private:
         // Check that getcode works correctly..
         TEST_CASE(testgetcode);
 
-        // Todo: check that call_func works correctly..
+        // check that call_func works correctly..
+        TEST_CASE(call_func);
 
         // Check that simplifycode works correctly..
         TEST_CASE(simplifycode);
@@ -505,6 +506,31 @@ private:
     }
 
 
+    void call_func()
+    {
+        // whitelist..
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::test_white_list("qsort"));
+
+        static const char * const call_func_white_list[] =
+        {
+            "asprintf", "atof", "atoi", "atol", "clearerr", "delete", "fchmod", "fcntl"
+            , "fdatasync", "feof", "ferror", "fflush", "fgetc", "fgetpos", "fgets"
+            , "flock", "for", "fprintf", "fputc", "fputs", "fread", "free", "fscanf", "fseek"
+            , "fseeko", "fsetpos", "fstat", "fsync", "ftell", "ftello", "ftruncate"
+            , "fwrite", "getc", "if", "ioctl", "lockf", "lseek", "memchr", "memcpy"
+            , "memmove", "memset", "posix_fadvise", "posix_fallocate", "pread"
+            , "printf", "puts", "pwrite", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r", "readv"
+            , "realloc", "return", "rewind", "rewinddir", "scandir", "seekdir"
+            , "setbuf", "setbuffer", "setlinebuf", "setvbuf", "snprintf", "sprintf", "strcasecmp"
+            , "strcat", "strchr", "strcmp", "strcpy", "stricmp", "strlen", "strncat", "strncmp"
+            , "strncpy", "strrchr", "strstr", "strtod", "strtol", "strtoul", "switch"
+            , "sync_file_range", "telldir", "typeid", "while", "write", "writev"
+        };
+
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (sizeof(call_func_white_list) / sizeof(char *)); ++i)
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::test_white_list(call_func_white_list[i]));
+    }
+
 
     std::string simplifycode(const char code[], bool &all) const
     {