diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index a6df45740..ca1a2c3c5 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4648,7 +4648,16 @@ static const Token * parsedecl(const Token *type, ValueType * const valuetype, V
             valuetype->sign = ValueType::Sign::UNSIGNED;
         if (type->str() == "const")
             valuetype->constness |= (1 << (valuetype->pointer - pointer0));
-        else if (ValueType::Type t = ValueType::typeFromString(type->str(), type->isLong()))
+        else if (Token::Match(type, "%name% :: %name%")) {
+            std::string typestr;
+            const Token *end = type;
+            while (Token::Match(end, "%name% :: %name%")) {
+                typestr += end->str() + "::";
+                end = end->tokAt(2);
+            }
+            if (valuetype->fromLibraryType(typestr + end->str(), settings))
+                type = end;
+        } else if (ValueType::Type t = ValueType::typeFromString(type->str(), type->isLong()))
             valuetype->type = t;
         else if (type->str() == "auto") {
             if (!type->valueType())
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index a9bef248c..683137548 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4289,10 +4289,13 @@ private:
             settingsWin64.platformType = Settings::Win64;
             const Library::PodType u32 = { 4, 'u' };
             settingsWin64.library.podtypes["u32"] = u32;
+            settingsWin64.library.podtypes["xyz::u32"] = u32;
             ValueType vt;
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, vt.fromLibraryType("u32", &settingsWin64));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, vt.fromLibraryType("xyz::u32", &settingsWin64));
             ASSERT_EQUALS(ValueType::Type::INT, vt.type);
             ASSERT_EQUALS("unsigned int *", typeOf(";void *data = new u32[10];", "new", "test.cpp", &settingsWin64));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("unsigned int", typeOf("; x = (xyz::u32)12;", "(", "test.cpp", &settingsWin64));
         }
         {
             // PlatformType