diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 54a276968..9cafc677c 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -225,15 +225,17 @@ void Tokenizer::insertTokens(Token *dest, const Token *src, unsigned int n)
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Token *Tokenizer::copyTokens(Token *dest, const Token *first, const Token *last)
+Token *Tokenizer::copyTokens(Token *dest, const Token *first, const Token *last, bool one_line)
 {
     std::stack<Token *> links;
     Token *tok2 = dest;
+    unsigned int linenrs = dest->linenr();
+    unsigned int commonFileIndex = dest->fileIndex();
     for (const Token *tok = first; tok != last->next(); tok = tok->next()) {
         tok2->insertToken(tok->str());
         tok2 = tok2->next();
-        tok2->fileIndex(dest->fileIndex());
-        tok2->linenr(dest->linenr());
+        tok2->fileIndex(commonFileIndex);
+        tok2->linenr(linenrs);
         tok2->isName(tok->isName());
         tok2->isNumber(tok->isNumber());
         tok2->isBoolean(tok->isBoolean());
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ Token *Tokenizer::copyTokens(Token *dest, const Token *first, const Token *last)
 
             links.pop();
         }
+        if (!one_line && tok->next())
+            linenrs += tok->next()->linenr() - tok->linenr();
     }
     return tok2;
 }
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 07f0093d5..ec3a6ae74 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ public:
      * @param last last token to copy
      * @return new location of last token copied
      */
-    Token *copyTokens(Token *dest, const Token *first, const Token *last);
+    Token *copyTokens(Token *dest, const Token *first, const Token *last, bool one_line = true);
 
     /**
      * Send error message to error logger about internal bug.