diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 4726cccd5..c9ab4ee37 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1071,6 +1071,9 @@ void CheckUninitVar::checkScope(const Scope* scope)
         if ((_tokenizer->isCPP() && i->type() && !i->isPointer() && i->type()->needInitialization != Type::True) ||
             i->isStatic() || i->isExtern() || i->isConst() || i->isArray() || i->isReference())
             continue;
+        // don't warn for try/catch exception variable
+        if (Token::Match(i->typeStartToken()->tokAt(-2), "catch ("))
+            continue;
         if (i->nameToken()->strAt(1) == "(")
             continue;
         bool stdtype = _tokenizer->isC();
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 6456923c7..a9301975c 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2318,6 +2318,16 @@ private:
                         "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Uninitialized variable: x\n", errout.str());
 
+        // try/catch : don't warn about exception variable
+        checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n"
+                        "    try {\n"
+                        "    } catch (CException* e) {\n"
+                        "        trace();\n"
+                        "        e->Delete();\n"
+                        "    }\n"
+                        "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // exit
         checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n"
                         "    int x;\n"