diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 7f487f4a9..543c8f068 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -357,8 +357,10 @@ void TemplateSimplifier::checkComplicatedSyntaxErrorsInTemplates()
                         ;
                     else if (level == 0 && Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "%type%")) {
                         // @todo add better expression detection
-                        if (!Token::Match(tok2->next(), "*| %type%|%num% ;"))
+                        if (!(Token::Match(tok2->next(), "*| %type%|%num% ;") ||
+                              Token::Match(tok2->next(), "*| %type% . %type% ;"))) {
                             inclevel = true;
+                        }
                     } else if (tok2->next() && tok2->next()->isStandardType() && !Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(2), "(|{"))
                         inclevel = true;
                     else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "< typename"))
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
index 32e766ad8..2bd5f203c 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(template162);
         TEST_CASE(template163); // #9685 syntax error
         TEST_CASE(template164); // #9394
+        TEST_CASE(template162); // #10032 syntax error
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_1);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_2);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_enum);  // #6299 Syntax error in complex enum declaration (including template)
@@ -4161,6 +4162,22 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code));
     }
 
+    void template165() { // #10032 syntax error
+        const char code[] = "struct MyStruct {\n"
+                            "    template<class T>\n"
+                            "    bool operator()(const T& l, const T& r) const {\n"
+                            "        return l.first < r.first;\n"
+                            "    }\n"
+                            "};";
+        const char exp[]  = "struct MyStruct { "
+                            "template < class T > "
+                            "bool operator() ( const T & l , const T & r ) const { "
+                            "return l . first < r . first ; "
+                            "} "
+                            "} ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code));
+    }
+
     void template_specialization_1() {  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         const char code[] = "template <typename T> struct C {};\n"
                             "template <typename T> struct S {a};\n"