diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 695a70a7b..9ec764bb0 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ bool isSameExpression(bool cpp, const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2, const std:
     commuative_equals = commuative_equals &&
                         isSameExpression(cpp, tok1->astOperand1(), tok2->astOperand2(), constFunctions);
 
+    // in c++, "a"+b might be different to b+"a"
+    if (cpp && commuative_equals && tok1->str() == "+" &&
+        (tok1->astOperand1()->tokType() == Token::eString || tok1->astOperand2()->tokType() == Token::eString)) {
+        const Token * const other = tok1->astOperand1()->tokType() != Token::eString ? tok1->astOperand1() : tok1->astOperand2();
+        return other && astIsIntegral(other,false);
+    }
+
     return commuative_equals;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 194249521..91326de20 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4194,6 +4194,11 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] -> [test.cpp:2]: (style) Same expression on both sides of '|'.\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void foo(std::string a, std::string b) {\n"
+              "  return a.find(b+\"&\") || a.find(\"&\"+b);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void foo() {\n"
               "    if ((b > a) | (a > b)) {}\n" // > is not commutative
               "}");