diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index ac29fad9a..013f891cc 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ bool Library::isNotLibraryFunction(const Token *ftok) const
     if (Token::Match(ftok->previous(),"::|."))
         return true;
 
+    // variables are not library functions.
+    if (ftok->varId())
+        return true;
+
     int callargs = 0;
     for (const Token *tok = ftok->tokAt(2); tok && tok->str() != ")"; tok = tok->next()) {
         if (callargs == 0)
diff --git a/test/testlibrary.cpp b/test/testlibrary.cpp
index aa117623e..05fe37202 100644
--- a/test/testlibrary.cpp
+++ b/test/testlibrary.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(function);
         TEST_CASE(function_match_scope);
         TEST_CASE(function_match_args);
+        TEST_CASE(function_match_var);
         TEST_CASE(function_arg);
         TEST_CASE(function_arg_any);
         TEST_CASE(function_arg_valid);
@@ -131,6 +132,27 @@ private:
         ASSERT(library.isNotLibraryFunction(tokenList.front()));
     }
 
+    void function_match_var() const {
+        const char xmldata[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                               "<def>\n"
+                               "  <function name=\"foo\">\n"
+                               "    <arg nr=\"1\"/>"
+                               "  </function>\n"
+                               "</def>";
+        tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+        doc.Parse(xmldata, sizeof(xmldata));
+
+        TokenList tokenList(nullptr);
+        std::istringstream istr("Fred foo(123);"); // <- Variable declaration, not library function
+        tokenList.createTokens(istr);
+        tokenList.front()->next()->astOperand1(tokenList.front());
+        tokenList.front()->next()->varId(1);
+
+        Library library;
+        library.load(doc);
+        ASSERT(library.isNotLibraryFunction(tokenList.front()->next()));
+    }
+
     void function_arg() const {
         const char xmldata[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
                                "<def>\n"