diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index aa2246390..f0172e71e 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -598,6 +598,25 @@ static void valueFlowNumber(TokenList *tokenlist)
             ValueFlow::Value value(MathLib::toLongNumber(tok->str()));
             value.setKnown();
             setTokenValue(tok, value);
+        } else if (tok->tokType() == Token::eChar) {
+            char c;
+            if (tok->str() == "\'\\n\'")
+                c = '\n';
+            else if (tok->str() == "\'\\r\'")
+                c = '\r';
+            else if (tok->str() == "\'\\t\'")
+                c = '\t';
+            else if (tok->str().size() == 3U &&
+                     tok->str()[0] == '\'' &&
+                     (tok->str()[1] & 0x80) == 0 &&
+                     tok->str()[2] == '\'')
+                c = tok->str()[1];
+            else
+                continue;
+
+            ValueFlow::Value value(c);
+            value.setKnown();
+            setTokenValue(tok, value);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 730300a8c..7cf3f6c84 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ private:
 
     void valueFlowNumber() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(123, valueOfTok("x=123;",   "123").intvalue);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(0,   valueOfTok("x=false;", "false").intvalue);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(1,   valueOfTok("x=true;",  "true").intvalue);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(0, valueOfTok("x=false;", "false").intvalue);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(1, valueOfTok("x=true;",  "true").intvalue);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS((int)('a'), valueOfTok("x='a';",  "'a'").intvalue);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS((int)('\n'), valueOfTok("x='\\n';", "'\\n'").intvalue);
     }
 
     void valueFlowString() {