diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 2fe7c68d5..a10f9117d 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3370,6 +3370,9 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
         while (Token::Match(tok, "const|static|extern|public:|private:|protected:|;|mutable"))
             tok = tok->next();
 
+        if (tok && tok->str() == "friend")
+            continue;
+
         // skip global namespace prefix
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::"))
             tok = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 5e960076f..a9a5b93e0 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varidclass11);  // variable declaration below usage
         TEST_CASE(varidclass12);
         TEST_CASE(varidclass13);
+        TEST_CASE(varidclass14);
 
         TEST_CASE(file1);
         TEST_CASE(file2);
@@ -3582,6 +3583,35 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
     }
 
+    void varidclass14() {
+        // don't give friend classes varid
+        {
+            const std::string code("class A {\n"
+                                   "friend class B;\n"
+                                   "}");
+
+            const std::string expected("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                                       "1: class A {\n"
+                                       "2: friend class B ;\n"
+                                       "3: }\n");
+
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const std::string code("class A {\n"
+                                   "private: friend class B;\n"
+                                   "}");
+
+            const std::string expected("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                                       "1: class A {\n"
+                                       "2: private: friend class B ;\n"
+                                       "3: }\n");
+
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
+        }
+    }
+
     void file1() {
         const char code[] = "a1\n"
                             "#file \"b\"\n"