diff --git a/cfg/pro_c_sql.cfg b/cfg/pro_c_sql.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c151531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/pro_c_sql.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<def format="2">
+  <define name="EXEC" value="__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__"/>
+</def>
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 226b77e56..76039fb3c 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1980,12 +1980,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyRoundCurlyParentheses()
 void Tokenizer::simplifySQL()
 {
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "EXEC SQL")) {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL")) {
             const Token *end = findSQLBlockEnd(tok);
             if (end == nullptr)
                 syntaxError(nullptr);
 
-            std::string instruction = tok->stringifyList(end);
+            const std::string instruction = tok->stringifyList(end);
             // delete all tokens until the embedded SQL block end
             Token::eraseTokens(tok, end);
 
@@ -9893,8 +9893,8 @@ const Token *Tokenizer::findSQLBlockEnd(const Token *tokSQLStart) const
     for (const Token *tok = tokSQLStart->tokAt(2); tok != nullptr; tok = tok->next()) {
         if (tokLastEnd == nullptr && tok->str() == ";")
             tokLastEnd = tok;
-        else if (tok->str() == "EXEC") {
-            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), "END - EXEC ;"))
+        else if (tok->str() == "__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__") {
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), "END - __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ ;"))
                 return tok->next();
             return tokLastEnd;
         }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index ad98e151a..186584e8f 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -5782,19 +5782,19 @@ private:
     void simplifySQL() {
         // Oracle PRO*C extensions for inline SQL. Just replace the SQL with "asm()" to fix wrong error messages
         // ticket: #1959
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL SELECT A FROM B\"\" ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL SELECT A FROM B;",false));
-        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL",false), InternalError);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL SELECT A FROM B\"\" ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL SELECT A FROM B;",false));
+        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL",false), InternalError);
 
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1 ( A ) ; END ; END - EXEC\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ;",
-              tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1(A); END; END-EXEC; EXEC SQL COMMIT;",false));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL UPDATE A SET B = C\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ;",
-              tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL UPDATE A SET B = C; EXEC SQL COMMIT;",false));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"EXEC SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1 ( A ) ; END ; END - EXEC\"\" ) ;",
-              tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL COMMIT; EXEC SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1(A); END; END-EXEC;",false));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1 ( A ) ; END ; END - __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ;",
+              tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1(A); END; END-__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__; __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT;",false));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL UPDATE A SET B = C\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ;",
+              tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL UPDATE A SET B = C; __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT;",false));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT\"\" ) ; asm ( \"\"__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1 ( A ) ; END ; END - __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__\"\" ) ;",
+              tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL COMMIT; __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL EXECUTE BEGIN Proc1(A); END; END-__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__;",false));
 
-        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("int f(){ EXEC SQL } int a;",false), InternalError);
-        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL int f(){",false), InternalError);
-        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("EXEC SQL END-EXEC int a;",false), InternalError);
+        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("int f(){ __CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL } int a;",false), InternalError);
+        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL int f(){",false), InternalError);
+        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ SQL END-__CPPCHECK_PRO_C_EXEC__ int a;",false), InternalError);
     }
 
     void simplifyCAlternativeTokens() {