diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index ddae0d07b..f6e3c5185 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1996,6 +1996,36 @@ bool Tokenizer::isMemberFunction(const Token *openParen) const
            isFunctionHead(openParen, "{|:");
 }
 
+static bool scopesMatch(const std::string &scope1, const std::string &scope2, const std::list<ScopeInfo3> &scopeList)
+{
+    if (scope1.empty() || scope2.empty())
+        return false;
+
+    // check if scopes match
+    if (scope1 == scope2)
+        return true;
+
+    if (scopeList.size() < 2)
+        return false;
+
+    // check if scopes only differ by global qualification
+    if (scope1 == (":: " + scope2)) {
+        std::string::size_type end = scope2.find_first_of(' ');
+        if (end == std::string::npos)
+            end = scope2.size();
+        if ((++scopeList.begin())->name == scope2.substr(0, end))
+            return true;
+    } else if (scope2 == (":: " + scope1)) {
+        std::string::size_type end = scope1.find_first_of(' ');
+        if (end == std::string::npos)
+            end = scope1.size();
+        if ((++scopeList.begin())->name == scope1.substr(0, end))
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool Tokenizer::simplifyUsing()
 {
     bool substitute = false;
@@ -2159,7 +2189,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyUsing()
             // remove the qualification
             std::string fullScope = scope;
             std::string removed;
-            while (tok1->strAt(-1) == "::") {
+            while (Token::Match(tok1->tokAt(-2), "%name% ::") && !tok1->tokAt(-2)->isKeyword()) {
                 removed = (tok1->strAt(-2) + " :: ") + removed;
                 if (fullScope == tok1->strAt(-2)) {
                     tok1->deletePrevious();
@@ -2180,6 +2210,12 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyUsing()
                 }
             }
 
+            // remove global namespace if present
+            if (tok1->strAt(-1) == "::") {
+                removed.insert(0, ":: ");
+                tok1->deletePrevious();
+            }
+
             Token * arrayStart = nullptr;
 
             // parse the type
@@ -2297,7 +2333,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyUsing()
                     std::string::size_type idx = removed1.rfind(" ::");
                     if (idx != std::string::npos)
                         removed1.resize(idx);
-                    if (removed1 == scope && !removed1.empty()) {
+                    if (scopesMatch(removed1, scope, scopeList)) {
                         for (std::list<ScopeInfo3>::const_reverse_iterator it = scopeList.crbegin(); it != scopeList.crend(); ++it) {
                             if (it->recordTypes.find(start->str()) != it->recordTypes.end()) {
                                 std::string::size_type spaceIdx = 0;
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 90a019233..005857339 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(findFunction35);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction36); // #10122
         TEST_CASE(findFunction37); // #10124
-        TEST_CASE(findFunction38); // #10152
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction38); // #10125
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction39); // #10127
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionContainer);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionExternC);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionGlobalScope); // ::foo
@@ -6322,6 +6323,26 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(6, functok->function()->tokenDef->linenr());
     }
 
+    void findFunction39() { // #10127
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("namespace external {\n"
+                      "    class V {\n"
+                      "    public:\n"
+                      "        using I = int;\n"
+                      "    };\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "class A {\n"
+                      "    void f(external::V::I);\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "using ::external::V;\n"
+                      "void A::f(V::I) {}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        const Token *functok = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "f ( int )");
+        ASSERT(functok);
+        ASSERT(functok->function());
+        ASSERT(functok->function()->name() == "f");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(8, functok->function()->tokenDef->linenr());
+    }
+
     void findFunctionContainer() {
         {
             GET_SYMBOL_DB("void dostuff(std::vector<int> v);\n"