diff --git a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
index 1c44c6c50..e290421ae 100644
--- a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -401,6 +401,20 @@ void simplecpp::TokenList::readfile(std::istream &istr, const std::string &filen
         if (ch < ' ' && ch != '\t' && ch != '\n' && ch != '\r')
             ch = ' ';
 
+        if (ch >= 0x80) {
+            if (outputList) {
+                simplecpp::Output err(files);
+                err.type = simplecpp::Output::UNHANDLED_CHAR_ERROR;
+                err.location = location;
+                std::ostringstream s;
+                s << (int)ch;
+                err.msg = "The code contains unhandled character(s) (character code=" + s.str() + "). Neither unicode nor extended ascii is supported.";
+                outputList->push_back(err);
+            }
+            clear();
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (ch == '\n') {
             if (cback() && cback()->op == '\\') {
                 if (location.col > cback()->location.col + 1U)
@@ -1288,7 +1302,7 @@ namespace simplecpp {
                     if (!expandArg(tokens, tok, tok->location, macros, expandedmacros, parametertokens)) {
                         bool expanded = false;
                         const std::map<TokenString, Macro>::const_iterator it = macros.find(tok->str);
-                        if (it != macros.end() && expandedmacros.find(tok->str) == expandedmacros.end()) {                            
+                        if (it != macros.end() && expandedmacros.find(tok->str) == expandedmacros.end()) {
                             const Macro &m = it->second;
                             if (!m.functionLike()) {
                                 m.expand(tokens, tok, macros, files);
diff --git a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h
index 2e608d22e..c74ccf895 100644
--- a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h
+++ b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ namespace simplecpp {
             MISSING_HEADER,
             INCLUDE_NESTED_TOO_DEEPLY,
             SYNTAX_ERROR,
-            PORTABILITY_BACKSLASH
+            PORTABILITY_BACKSLASH,
+            UNHANDLED_CHAR_ERROR
         } type;
         Location location;
         std::string msg;
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index a835845d0..45b66037f 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -147,20 +147,35 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::processFile(const std::string& filename, const std::strin
 
         // If there is a syntax error, report it and stop
         for (simplecpp::OutputList::const_iterator it = outputList.begin(); it != outputList.end(); ++it) {
-            if (it->type != simplecpp::Output::SYNTAX_ERROR)
-                continue;
-            const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc1(it->location.file(), it->location.line);
-            std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> callstack;
-            callstack.push_back(loc1);
+            bool err;
+            switch (it->type) {
+            case simplecpp::Output::ERROR:
+            case simplecpp::Output::INCLUDE_NESTED_TOO_DEEPLY:
+            case simplecpp::Output::SYNTAX_ERROR:
+            case simplecpp::Output::UNHANDLED_CHAR_ERROR:
+                err = true;
+                break;
+            case simplecpp::Output::WARNING:
+            case simplecpp::Output::MISSING_HEADER:
+            case simplecpp::Output::PORTABILITY_BACKSLASH:
+                err = false;
+                break;
+            };
 
-            ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(callstack,
-                                             "",
-                                             Severity::error,
-                                             it->msg,
-                                             "syntaxError",
-                                             false);
-            _errorLogger.reportErr(errmsg);
-            return 1;
+            if (err) {
+                const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc1(it->location.file(), it->location.line);
+                std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> callstack;
+                callstack.push_back(loc1);
+
+                ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(callstack,
+                                                 "",
+                                                 Severity::error,
+                                                 it->msg,
+                                                 "syntaxError",
+                                                 false);
+                _errorLogger.reportErr(errmsg);
+                return 1;
+            }
         }
 
         preprocessor.loadFiles(tokens1, files);
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index 16519e7fc..d53d16a3c 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ static bool hasErrors(const simplecpp::OutputList &outputList)
         case simplecpp::Output::ERROR:
         case simplecpp::Output::INCLUDE_NESTED_TOO_DEEPLY:
         case simplecpp::Output::SYNTAX_ERROR:
+        case simplecpp::Output::UNHANDLED_CHAR_ERROR:
             return true;
         case simplecpp::Output::WARNING:
         case simplecpp::Output::MISSING_HEADER:
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@ void Preprocessor::reportOutput(const simplecpp::OutputList &outputList, bool sh
         break;
         case simplecpp::Output::INCLUDE_NESTED_TOO_DEEPLY:
         case simplecpp::Output::SYNTAX_ERROR:
+        case simplecpp::Output::UNHANDLED_CHAR_ERROR:
             error(it->location.file(), it->location.line, it->msg);
             break;
         };
diff --git a/test/testastutils.cpp b/test/testastutils.cpp
index db3046086..3151ed922 100644
--- a/test/testastutils.cpp
+++ b/test/testastutils.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private:
     }
 
     void isVariableChanged() {
-		// #8211 - no lhs for >> , do not crash
+        // #8211 - no lhs for >> , do not crash
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true,
                       isVariableChanged("void f() {\n"
                                         "  int b;\n"