diff --git a/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp b/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
index 22fa6a71c..3fa975c03 100644
--- a/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
+++ b/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,32 @@ CheckMemoryLeakClass::AllocType CheckMemoryLeakClass::GetAllocationType( const T
     return No;
 }
 
+
+
+CheckMemoryLeakClass::AllocType CheckMemoryLeakClass::GetReallocationType( const TOKEN *tok2 )
+{
+    // What we may have...
+    //     * var = (char *)realloc(..;
+    if ( tok2 && tok2->str() == "(" )
+    {
+        while ( tok2 && tok2->str() != ")" )
+            tok2 = tok2->next;
+        tok2 = tok2 ? tok2->next : NULL;
+    }
+    if ( ! tok2 )
+        return No;
+
+    if ( TOKEN::Match(tok2, "realloc") )
+        return Malloc;
+
+    // GTK memory reallocation..
+    if ( TOKEN::Match(tok2, "g_realloc|g_try_realloc|g_renew|g_try_renew") )
+        return gMalloc;
+
+    return No;
+}
+
+
 CheckMemoryLeakClass::AllocType CheckMemoryLeakClass::GetDeallocationType( const TOKEN *tok, const char *varnames[] )
 {
     if ( TOKEN::Match(tok, "delete %var1% ;", varnames) )
@@ -167,7 +193,7 @@ const char * CheckMemoryLeakClass::call_func( const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const
     if (TOKEN::Match(tok,"if") || TOKEN::Match(tok,"for") || TOKEN::Match(tok,"while"))
         return 0;
 
-    if (GetAllocationType(tok)!=No || GetDeallocationType(tok,varnames)!=No)
+    if (GetAllocationType(tok)!=No || GetReallocationType(tok)!=No || GetDeallocationType(tok,varnames)!=No)
         return 0;
 
     if ( callstack.size() > 2 )
@@ -335,7 +361,17 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *>
 
         if (TOKEN::Match(tok, "[(;{}] %var1% =", varnames))
         {
-            AllocType alloc = GetAllocationType(tok->tokAt(3));
+            AllocType alloc = GetAllocationType(tok->tokAt(3));
+
+            if ( alloc == No )
+            {
+                alloc = GetReallocationType( tok->tokAt(3) );
+                if ( alloc != No )
+                {
+                    addtoken( "dealloc" );
+                    addtoken( ";" );
+                }
+            }
 
             // If "--all" hasn't been given, don't check classes..
             if ( alloc == New && ! _settings._showAll )
diff --git a/CheckMemoryLeak.h b/CheckMemoryLeak.h
index 4f34c3e62..fdcb425c8 100644
--- a/CheckMemoryLeak.h
+++ b/CheckMemoryLeak.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ private:
     const char * call_func( const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *> callstack, const char *varnames[], AllocType &alloctype, AllocType &dealloctype );
     AllocType GetDeallocationType( const TOKEN *tok, const char *varnames[]);
     AllocType GetAllocationType( const TOKEN *tok2 );
+    AllocType GetReallocationType( const TOKEN *tok2 );
     bool isclass( const TOKEN *typestr );
 
     const Tokenizer *_tokenizer;
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 188ae8eef..8ac60fe30 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE( linux_list_1 );
 
-        TEST_CASE( sizeof1 );
+        TEST_CASE( sizeof1 );
+
+        TEST_CASE( realloc1 );
+        TEST_CASE( realloc2 );
     }
 
 
@@ -964,6 +967,31 @@ private:
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string("[test.cpp:12]: Memory leak: s2\n"), err );
     }
+
+
+    void realloc1()
+    {
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *a = (char *)malloc(10);\n"
+               "    a = realloc(a, 100);\n"
+               "}\n" );
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Memory leak: a\n"), errout.str() );
+    }
+
+    void realloc2()
+    {
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *a = (char *)malloc(10);\n"
+               "    a = (char *)realloc(a, 100);\n"
+               "    free(a);\n"
+               "}\n" );
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+
 
 };