diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 6ddb7e0c5..5e5de6d32 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,15 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::MemoryLeak(const Token *tok, const char varname[], Al
 }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+bool CheckMemoryLeakClass::MatchFunctionsThatReturnArg(const Token *tok, const std::string varname)
+{
+    return
+        Token::Match(tok, std::string("; " + varname + " = strcat ( " + varname + " ,").c_str())
+        || Token::Match(tok, std::string("; " + varname + " = memcpy ( " + varname + " ,").c_str())
+        || Token::Match(tok, std::string("; " + varname + " = memmove ( " + varname + " ,").c_str())
+        || Token::Match(tok, std::string("; " + varname + " = strcpy ( " + varname + " ,").c_str());
+}
+
 bool CheckMemoryLeakClass::notvar(const Token *tok, const char *varnames[])
 {
     std::string varname;
@@ -422,6 +431,11 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *>
                 alloctype = alloc;
             }
 
+            else if (MatchFunctionsThatReturnArg(tok, std::string(varname)))
+            {
+                addtoken("use");
+            }
+
             // assignment..
             else
             {
diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.h b/src/checkmemoryleak.h
index 72fbd364a..bfbdc3925 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ private:
      */
     Token *getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *> callstack, const char varname[], AllocType &alloctype, AllocType &dealloctype, bool classmember);
     bool notvar(const Token *tok, const char *varnames[]);
+    bool MatchFunctionsThatReturnArg(const Token *tok, const std::string varname);
     void MemoryLeak(const Token *tok, const char varname[], AllocType alloctype);
     void MismatchError(const Token *Tok1, const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, const char varname[]);
     const char * call_func(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *> callstack, const char *varnames[], AllocType &alloctype, AllocType &dealloctype);
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 07b6ded28..bee4d97f6 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ private:
         // free a free'd pointer
         TEST_CASE(freefree1);
         TEST_CASE(freefree2);
-        // TODO TEST_CASE(strcat_result_assignment);
+        TEST_CASE(strcat_result_assignment);
     }