diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index e9188dc5e..bb1e7444c 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -808,6 +808,17 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
 
     simplifyNamespaces();
 
+    // Combine wide strings
+    for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
+    {
+        while (tok->str() == "L" && tok->next() && tok->next()->str()[0] == '"')
+        {
+            // Combine 'L "string"'
+            tok->str(tok->next()->str().c_str());
+            tok->deleteNext();
+        }
+    }
+
     // Combine strings
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index d6aacdfd9..3a6b973c4 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private:
 
         // "if(0==x)" => "if(!x)"
         TEST_CASE(ifnot);
+        TEST_CASE(combine_wstrings);
     }
 
     std::string tok(const char code[])
@@ -212,6 +213,27 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(tok(code2), tok(code1));
     }
 
+    void combine_wstrings()
+    {
+        const char code1[] =  "void foo()\n"
+                              "{\n"
+                              "const wchar_t *a =\n"
+                              "{\n"
+                              "L\"hello \"\n"
+                              "L\"world\"\n"
+                              "};\n"
+                              "}\n";
+
+        const char code2[] =  "void foo()\n"
+                              "{\n"
+                              "const wchar_t *a =\n"
+                              "{\n"
+                              "\"hello world\"\n"
+                              "};\n"
+                              "}\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(tok(code2), tok(code1));
+    }
+
     void double_plus()
     {
         {