diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 9f2d27d6f..199f8fbe9 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::duplicateTypedef(Token **tokPtr, const Token *name)
                 // look backwards
                 if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "typedef|}|>") ||
                     (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%type%") &&
-                     (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "return|new|const|friend") &&
+                     (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "return|new|const|friend|struct") &&
                       !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "friend class"))))
                 {
                     // scan backwards for the end of the previous statement
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index e479d702c..c1754b5e0 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef39);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef40);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef41); // ticket #1488
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef42); // ticket #1506
 
         TEST_CASE(reverseArraySyntax)
         TEST_CASE(simplify_numeric_condition)
@@ -3531,6 +3532,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void simplifyTypedef42()
+    {
+        // ticket #1506
+        checkSimplifyTypedef("typedef struct A { } A;\n"
+                             "struct A;");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void reverseArraySyntax()
     {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a [ 13 ]", tok("13[a]"));