diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index fbb75d97e..faa7387ad 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4389,7 +4389,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass2()
 
         std::map<std::string, nonneg int> &thisClassVars = varsByClass[scopeName2 + classname];
         while (Token::Match(tokStart, ":|::|,|%name%")) {
-            if (Token::Match(tokStart, "%name% <")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tokStart, "%name% <")) { // TODO: why skip templates?
                 tokStart = tokStart->next()->findClosingBracket();
                 if (tokStart)
                     tokStart = tokStart->next();
@@ -4397,6 +4397,11 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass2()
             }
             if (Token::Match(tokStart, "%name% ,|{")) {
                 std::string baseClassName = tokStart->str();
+                const Token* baseStart = tokStart;
+                while (Token::Match(baseStart->tokAt(-2), "%name% ::")) { // build base class name
+                    baseClassName.insert(0, baseStart->strAt(-2) + " :: ");
+                    baseStart = baseStart->tokAt(-2);
+                }
                 std::string scopeName3(scopeName2);
                 while (!scopeName3.empty()) {
                     const std::string name = scopeName3 + baseClassName;
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index ca589b050..d9805ffbe 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class20);    // #7267
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class21);    // #7788
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class22);    // #10872
+        TEST_CASE(varid_in_class23);    // #11293
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_1);   // #7272
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_2);   // #7000
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_3);   // #8627
@@ -1964,6 +1965,28 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenize(code, "test.cpp"));
     }
 
+    void varid_in_class23() { // #11293
+        const char code[] = "struct A {\n"
+                            "    struct S {\n"
+                            "        bool b;\n"
+                            "    };\n"
+                            "};\n"
+                            "struct B : A::S {\n"
+                            "    void f() { b = false; }\n"
+                            "};\n";
+
+        const char expected[] = "1: struct A {\n"
+                                "2: struct S {\n"
+                                "3: bool b@1 ;\n"
+                                "4: } ;\n"
+                                "5: } ;\n"
+                                "6: struct B : A :: S {\n"
+                                "7: void f ( ) { b@1 = false ; }\n"
+                                "8: } ;\n";
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenize(code, "test.cpp"));
+    }
+
     void varid_namespace_1() { // #7272
         const char code[] = "namespace Blah {\n"
                             "  struct foo { int x;};\n"