diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index ef825309f..04dd96477 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -3550,6 +3550,17 @@ static const Token* skipPointers(const Token* tok)
     return tok;
 }
 
+static const Token* skipPointersAndQualifiers(const Token* tok)
+{
+    tok = skipPointers(tok);
+    while (Token::Match(tok, "const|volatile")) {
+        tok = tok->next();
+        tok = skipPointers(tok);
+    }
+
+    return tok;
+}
+
 bool Scope::isVariableDeclaration(const Token* const tok, const Token*& vartok, const Token*& typetok) const
 {
     const bool isCPP = check && check->mTokenizer->isCPP();
@@ -3582,7 +3593,7 @@ bool Scope::isVariableDeclaration(const Token* const tok, const Token*& vartok,
             }
         }
     } else if (Token::Match(localTypeTok, "%type%")) {
-        localVarTok = skipPointers(localTypeTok->strAt(1)=="const"?localTypeTok->tokAt(2):localTypeTok->next());
+        localVarTok = skipPointersAndQualifiers(localTypeTok->next());
     }
 
     if (!localVarTok)
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 07f23e8d6..3d8842d5b 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(constArrayOperator); // #4406
         TEST_CASE(constRangeBasedFor); // #5514
         TEST_CASE(const_shared_ptr);
+        TEST_CASE(constPtrToConstPtr);
 
         TEST_CASE(initializerListOrder);
         TEST_CASE(initializerListUsage);
@@ -6215,6 +6216,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void constPtrToConstPtr() {
+        checkConst("class Fred {\n"
+                   "public:\n"
+                   "    const char *const *data;\n"
+                   "    const char *const *getData() { return data; }\n}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style, inconclusive) Technically the member function 'Fred::getData' can be const.\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void checkInitializerListOrder(const char code[]) {
         // Clear the error log
         errout.str("");
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 66a7b0cb8..4aead430e 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(isVariableDeclarationRValueRef);
         TEST_CASE(isVariableDeclarationDoesNotIdentifyCase);
         TEST_CASE(isVariableStlType);
+        TEST_CASE(isVariablePointerToConstPointer);
+        TEST_CASE(isVariablePointerToVolatilePointer);
+        TEST_CASE(isVariablePointerToConstVolatilePointer);
+        TEST_CASE(isVariableMultiplePointersAndQualifiers);
 
         TEST_CASE(VariableValueType1);
         TEST_CASE(VariableValueType2);
@@ -954,6 +958,50 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    void isVariablePointerToConstPointer() {
+        reset();
+        givenACodeSampleToTokenize var("char* const * s;");
+        bool result = nullScope.isVariableDeclaration(var.tokens(), vartok, typetok);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, result);
+        Variable v(vartok, typetok, vartok->previous(), 0, Public, 0, 0, &settings1);
+        ASSERT(false == v.isArray());
+        ASSERT(true == v.isPointer());
+        ASSERT(false == v.isReference());
+    }
+
+    void isVariablePointerToVolatilePointer() {
+        reset();
+        givenACodeSampleToTokenize var("char* volatile * s;");
+        bool result = nullScope.isVariableDeclaration(var.tokens(), vartok, typetok);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, result);
+        Variable v(vartok, typetok, vartok->previous(), 0, Public, 0, 0, &settings1);
+        ASSERT(false == v.isArray());
+        ASSERT(true == v.isPointer());
+        ASSERT(false == v.isReference());
+    }
+
+    void isVariablePointerToConstVolatilePointer() {
+        reset();
+        givenACodeSampleToTokenize var("char* const volatile * s;");
+        bool result = nullScope.isVariableDeclaration(var.tokens(), vartok, typetok);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, result);
+        Variable v(vartok, typetok, vartok->previous(), 0, Public, 0, 0, &settings1);
+        ASSERT(false == v.isArray());
+        ASSERT(true == v.isPointer());
+        ASSERT(false == v.isReference());
+    }
+
+    void isVariableMultiplePointersAndQualifiers() {
+        reset();
+        givenACodeSampleToTokenize var("const char* const volatile * const volatile * const volatile * const volatile s;");
+        bool result = nullScope.isVariableDeclaration(var.tokens()->next(), vartok, typetok);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, result);
+        Variable v(vartok, typetok, vartok->previous(), 0, Public, 0, 0, &settings1);
+        ASSERT(false == v.isArray());
+        ASSERT(true == v.isPointer());
+        ASSERT(false == v.isReference());
+    }
+
     void arrayMemberVar1() {
         GET_SYMBOL_DB("struct Foo {\n"
                       "    int x;\n"