diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 064e2fe81..dd39e63f2 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static const char * const call_func_white_list[] =
     , "posix_fadvise", "posix_fallocate", "pread"
     , "printf", "puts", "pwrite", "qsort", "read", "readahead", "readdir", "readdir_r", "readv"
     , "realloc", "return", "rewind", "rewinddir", "scandir", "scanf", "seekdir"
-    , "setbuf", "setbuffer", "setlinebuf", "setvbuf", "snprintf", "sprintf", "sscanf", "strcasecmp"
+    , "setbuf", "setbuffer", "setlinebuf", "setvbuf", "snprintf", "sprintf", "sscanf", "stat", "strcasecmp"
     , "strcat", "strchr", "strcmp", "strcpy", "stricmp", "strlen", "strncat", "strncmp"
     , "strncpy", "strrchr", "strstr", "strtod", "strtol", "strtoul", "switch"
     , "sync_file_range", "telldir", "time", "typeid", "vfprintf", "vprintf"
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index e08559841..4f8512138 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ private:
             , "setbuf", "setbuffer", "setlinebuf", "setvbuf", "snprintf", "sprintf", "strcasecmp"
             , "strcat", "strchr", "strcmp", "strcpy", "stricmp", "strlen", "strncat", "strncmp"
             , "strncpy", "strrchr", "strstr", "strtod", "strtol", "strtoul", "switch"
-            , "sync_file_range", "telldir", "typeid", "while", "write", "writev", "lstat"
+            , "sync_file_range", "telldir", "typeid", "while", "write", "writev", "lstat", "stat"
         };
 
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (sizeof(call_func_white_list) / sizeof(char *)); ++i)
@@ -1735,6 +1735,8 @@ private:
     //# Ticket 2569
     void func21()
     {
+        // checking for lstat function:
+        // ----------------------------
         check("void foo ()\n"
               "{\n"
               "    struct stat CFileAttr;\n"
@@ -1776,6 +1778,51 @@ private:
               "    return;\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+
+        /// checking for stat function:
+        // ----------------------------
+        check("void foo ()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    struct stat CFileAttr;\n"
+              "    char *cpFile = new char [13];\n"
+              "    strcpy (cpFile, \"testfile.txt\");\n"
+              "    if ( stat (cpFile, &CFileAttr) != 0)\n"
+              "    {\n"
+              "        return;\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    return;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:10]: (error) Memory leak: cpFile\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void foo ()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    struct stat CFileAttr;\n"
+              "    char *cpFile = new char [13];\n"
+              "    strcpy (cpFile, \"testfile.txt\");\n"
+              "    if ( stat (cpFile, &CFileAttr) != 0)\n"
+              "    {\n"
+              "        delete [] cpFile;\n"
+              "        return;\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    return;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:11]: (error) Memory leak: cpFile\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void foo ()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    struct stat CFileAttr;\n"
+              "    char *cpFile = new char [13];\n"
+              "    strcpy (cpFile, \"testfile.txt\");\n"
+              "    if ( stat (cpFile, &CFileAttr) != 0)\n"
+              "    {\n"
+              "        delete [] cpFile;\n"
+              "        return;\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    delete [] cpFile;\n"
+              "    return;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void allocfunc1()