diff --git a/lib/checkbool.cpp b/lib/checkbool.cpp
index 48167187d..3ecaf21e2 100644
--- a/lib/checkbool.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbool.cpp
@@ -509,3 +509,47 @@ void CheckBool::comparisonOfBoolExpressionWithIntError(const Token *tok, bool n0
         reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "compareBoolExpressionWithInt",
                     "Comparison of a boolean expression with an integer.");
 }
+
+
+void CheckBool::pointerArithBool()
+{
+    const SymbolDatabase* symbolDatabase = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
+
+    const std::size_t functions = symbolDatabase->functionScopes.size();
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
+        const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
+        for (const Token* tok = scope->classStart->next(); tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "if|while (")) {
+                pointerArithBoolCond(tok->next()->astOperand2());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void CheckBool::pointerArithBoolCond(const Token *tok)
+{
+    if (!tok)
+        return;
+    if (Token::Match(tok, "&&|%oror%")) {
+        pointerArithBoolCond(tok->astOperand1());
+        pointerArithBoolCond(tok->astOperand2());
+        return;
+    }
+    if (tok->str() != "+")
+        return;
+
+    if (tok->astOperand1() &&
+        tok->astOperand1()->isName() &&
+        tok->astOperand1()->variable() &&
+        tok->astOperand1()->variable()->isPointer() &&
+        tok->astOperand2()->isNumber())
+        pointerArithBoolError(tok);
+}
+
+void CheckBool::pointerArithBoolError(const Token *tok)
+{
+    reportError(tok,
+                Severity::error,
+                "pointerArithBool",
+                "Converting pointer arithmetic result to bool. Either a dereference is forgot, or pointer overflow is required to get a false value");
+}
diff --git a/lib/checkbool.h b/lib/checkbool.h
index 8e6d9eb5e..72205e02d 100644
--- a/lib/checkbool.h
+++ b/lib/checkbool.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
         // Checks
         checkBool.checkComparisonOfBoolExpressionWithInt();
         checkBool.checkComparisonOfBoolWithInt();
+        checkBool.pointerArithBool();
     }
 
     /** @brief Run checks against the simplified token list */
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ public:
     /** @brief %Check for comparing a bool expression with an integer other than 0 or 1 */
     void checkComparisonOfBoolExpressionWithInt();
 
+    /** @brief %Check for 'if (p+1)' etc. either somebody forgot to dereference, or else somebody uses pointer overflow */
+    void pointerArithBool();
+    void pointerArithBoolCond(const Token *tok);
+
 private:
     // Error messages..
     void comparisonOfFuncReturningBoolError(const Token *tok, const std::string &expression);
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ private:
     void assignBoolToPointerError(const Token *tok);
     void bitwiseOnBooleanError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname, const std::string &op);
     void comparisonOfBoolExpressionWithIntError(const Token *tok, bool n0o1);
+    void pointerArithBoolError(const Token *tok);
 
     void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const {
         CheckBool c(0, settings, errorLogger);
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ private:
         c.comparisonOfBoolWithIntError(0, "varname", true);
         c.bitwiseOnBooleanError(0, "varname", "&&");
         c.comparisonOfBoolExpressionWithIntError(0, true);
+        c.pointerArithBoolError(0);
     }
 
     static std::string myName() {
@@ -126,7 +133,8 @@ private:
                "* comparison of a boolean expression with an integer other than 0 or 1\n"
                "* comparison of a function returning boolean value using relational operator\n"
                "* comparison of a boolean value with boolean value using relational operator\n"
-               "* using bool in bitwise expression\n";
+               "* using bool in bitwise expression\n"
+               "* pointer addition in condition (either dereference is forgot or pointer overflow is required to make the condition false)\n";
     }
 };
 /// @}
diff --git a/test/testbool.cpp b/test/testbool.cpp
index b3808fb45..eca537fb6 100644
--- a/test/testbool.cpp
+++ b/test/testbool.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(checkComparisonOfFuncReturningBool4);
         TEST_CASE(checkComparisonOfFuncReturningBool5);
         TEST_CASE(checkComparisonOfFuncReturningBool6);
+
+        // Converting pointer addition result to bool
+        TEST_CASE(pointerArithBool1);
     }
 
     void check(const char code[], bool experimental = false, const char filename[] = "test.cpp") {
@@ -869,6 +872,18 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void pointerArithBool1() { // #5126
+        check("void f(char *p) {\n"
+              "    if (p+1){}\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (error) Converting pointer arithmetic result to bool. Either a dereference is forgot, or pointer overflow is required to get a false value\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(char *p) {\n"
+              "    if (p && p+1){}\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (error) Converting pointer arithmetic result to bool. Either a dereference is forgot, or pointer overflow is required to get a false value\n", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestBool)