diff --git a/cfg/cppcheck-cfg.rng b/cfg/cppcheck-cfg.rng
index 7af29dfdf..fd269c63e 100644
--- a/cfg/cppcheck-cfg.rng
+++ b/cfg/cppcheck-cfg.rng
@@ -442,6 +442,18 @@
 
       <element name="podtype">
         <attribute name="name"><ref name="DATA-EXTNAME"/></attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <attribute name="stdtype">
+            <choice>
+              <value>bool</value>
+              <value>char</value>
+              <value>short</value>
+              <value>int</value>
+              <value>long</value>
+              <value>long long</value>
+            </choice>
+          </attribute>
+        </optional>
         <optional>
           <attribute name="size">
             <choice>
diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index bf0091e40..0f95f26a1 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -7833,21 +7833,21 @@ initializer list (7) string& replace (const_iterator i1, const_iterator i2, init
   <podtype name="jmp_buf"/>
   <podtype name="std::streamsize,streamsize" sign="s"/>
   <podtype name="std::streamoff,streamoff" sign="s"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_bool"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_char"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_schar"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_uchar"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_short"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_ushort"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_int"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_uint"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_long"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_ulong"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_llong"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_ullong"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_char16_t"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_char32_t"/>
-  <podtype name="std::atomic_wchar_t"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_bool" stdtype="bool"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_char" stdtype="char"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_schar" stdtype="char" sign="s"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_uchar" stdtype="char" sign="u"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_short" stdtype="short" sign="s"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_ushort" stdtype="short" sign="u"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_int" stdtype="int" sign="s"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_uint" stdtype="int" sign="u"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_long" stdtype="long" sign="s"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_ulong" stdtype="long" sign="u"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_llong" stdtype="long long" sign="s"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_ullong" stdtype="long long" sign="u"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_char16_t" size="2"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_char32_t" size="4"/>
+  <podtype name="std::atomic_wchar_t" size="2"/>
   <podtype name="std::atomic_int_least8_t"/>
   <podtype name="std::atomic_uint_least8_t"/>
   <podtype name="std::atomic_int_least16_t"/>
diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index 4b6951fe0..0f2e0b37c 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -513,6 +513,22 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const tinyxml2::XMLDocument &doc)
             if (!name)
                 return Error(MISSING_ATTRIBUTE, "name");
             PodType podType = {0};
+            podType.stdtype = PodType::NO;
+            const char * const stdtype = node->Attribute("stdtype");
+            if (stdtype) {
+                if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "bool") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::BOOL;
+                else if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "char") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::CHAR;
+                else if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "short") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::SHORT;
+                else if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "int") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::INT;
+                else if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "long") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::LONG;
+                else if (std::strcmp(stdtype, "long long") == 0)
+                    podType.stdtype = PodType::LONGLONG;
+            }
             const char * const size = node->Attribute("size");
             if (size)
                 podType.size = atoi(size);
diff --git a/lib/library.h b/lib/library.h
index 685dd23bb..f195ed500 100644
--- a/lib/library.h
+++ b/lib/library.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ public:
     struct PodType {
         unsigned int   size;
         char           sign;
+        enum { NO, BOOL, CHAR, SHORT, INT, LONG, LONGLONG } stdtype;
     };
     const struct PodType *podtype(const std::string &name) const {
         const std::map<std::string, struct PodType>::const_iterator it = mPodTypes.find(name);
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 276b93e27..ac6f9a94f 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -5682,6 +5682,18 @@ bool ValueType::fromLibraryType(const std::string &typestr, const Settings *sett
             type = ValueType::Type::LONG;
         else if (podtype->size == settings->sizeof_long_long)
             type = ValueType::Type::LONGLONG;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::BOOL)
+            type = ValueType::Type::BOOL;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::CHAR)
+            type = ValueType::Type::CHAR;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::SHORT)
+            type = ValueType::Type::SHORT;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::INT)
+            type = ValueType::Type::INT;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::LONG)
+            type = ValueType::Type::LONG;
+        else if (podtype->stdtype == Library::PodType::LONGLONG)
+            type = ValueType::Type::LONGLONG;
         else
             type = ValueType::Type::UNKNOWN_INT;
         sign = (podtype->sign == 'u') ? ValueType::UNSIGNED : ValueType::SIGNED;