diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 31e1c01a1..f92ac094e 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static const char * const call_func_white_list[] = {
     , "mkdir", "mkfifo", "mknod", "mkstemp"
     , "obstack_printf", "obstack_vprintf", "open", "opendir", "parse_printf_format", "pathconf"
     , "perror", "popen" ,"posix_fadvise", "posix_fallocate", "pread"
-    , "printf", "psignal", "putenv", "puts", "pwrite", "qsort", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r"
+    , "printf", "psignal", "puts", "pwrite", "qsort", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r"
     , "readlink", "readv"
     , "realloc", "regcomp", "remove", "rename", "return", "rewind", "rewinddir", "rindex"
     , "rmdir" ,"scandir", "scanf", "seekdir"
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index b39a8d7c5..14e31c84b 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(func23);      // Ticket #2667
         TEST_CASE(func24);      // Ticket #2705
         TEST_CASE(func25);      // Ticket #2904
+        TEST_CASE(func26);
 
         TEST_CASE(allocfunc1);
         TEST_CASE(allocfunc2);
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ private:
             , "getgrnam", "gethostbyaddr", "getnetbyname", "getopt", "getopt_long", "getprotobyname", "getpwnam"
             , "getservbyname", "getservbyport", "glob", "index", "inet_addr", "inet_aton", "inet_network"
             , "initgroups", "link", "mblen", "mbstowcs", "mbtowc", "mkdir", "mkfifo", "mknod", "obstack_printf"
-            , "obstack_vprintf", "opendir", "parse_printf_format", "pathconf", "popen", "psignal", "putenv"
+            , "obstack_vprintf", "opendir", "parse_printf_format", "pathconf", "popen", "psignal"
             , "readlink", "regcomp", "strxfrm", "wordexp", "sizeof", "strtok"
         };
 
@@ -2221,6 +2222,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Memory leak: f\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void func26() { // ticket #3444
+        // technically there is a leak here. however warning is not wanted
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    char *p = strdup(\"A=B\");\n"
+              "    putenv(p);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 
     void allocfunc1() {
         check("static char *a()\n"