diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index cea901740..55ac0cadd 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2,
             return File;
 
         if (settings1->standards.posix) {
-            if (Token::Match(tok2, "open|openat|creat|mkstemp|mkostemp (")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "open|openat|creat|mkstemp|mkostemp|socket (")) {
                 // simple sanity check of function parameters..
                 // TODO: Make such check for all these functions
                 unsigned int num = countParameters(tok2);
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 06d1a7e0e..de1826867 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -4242,6 +4242,7 @@ private:
     // Test that posix.cfg is configured correctly
     void posixcfg() {
         Settings settings;
+        settings.standards.posix = true;
         LOAD_LIB_2(settings.library, "posix.cfg");
 
         const char code[] = "void leaks() {\n"
@@ -4259,6 +4260,13 @@ private:
                       "[test.cpp:5]: (error) Resource leak: leak2\n"
                       "[test.cpp:5]: (error) Resource leak: leak3\n", errout.str());
 
+        const char code2[] = "int main() {\n"
+                             "  int fileDescriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);\n"
+                             "  close(fileDescriptor);\n"
+                             "}";
+        check(code2, &settings);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         LOAD_LIB_2(settings.library, "gtk.cfg");
 
         check("void f(char *a) {\n"