diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index 047894a4f..d71e675e6 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <pure/>
     <noreturn>false</noreturn>
     <leak-ignore/>
-    <returnValue>arg1&gt;0?arg1:-arg1</returnValue>
+    <returnValue type="int">arg1&gt;0?arg1:-arg1</returnValue>
     <arg nr="1">
       <not-uninit/>
       <not-bool/>
diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index 27b70c4b6..7aff6a0f3 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -545,9 +545,12 @@ Library::Error Library::loadFunction(const tinyxml2::XMLElement * const node, co
             leakignore.insert(name);
         else if (functionnodename == "use-retval")
             _useretval.insert(name);
-        else if (functionnodename == "returnValue" && functionnode->GetText())
+        else if (functionnodename == "returnValue" && functionnode->GetText()) {
             _returnValue[name] = functionnode->GetText();
-        else if (functionnodename == "arg") {
+            const char *type = functionnode->Attribute("type");
+            if (type)
+                _returnValueType[name] = type;
+        } else if (functionnodename == "arg") {
             const char* argNrString = functionnode->Attribute("nr");
             if (!argNrString)
                 return Error(MISSING_ATTRIBUTE, "nr");
@@ -995,6 +998,14 @@ std::string Library::returnValue(const Token *ftok) const
     return it != _returnValue.end() ? it->second : std::string();
 }
 
+std::string Library::returnValueType(const Token *ftok) const
+{
+    if (isNotLibraryFunction(ftok))
+        return std::string();
+    std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it = _returnValueType.find(getFunctionName(ftok));
+    return it != _returnValueType.end() ? it->second : std::string();
+}
+
 bool Library::isnoreturn(const Token *ftok) const
 {
     if (ftok->function() && ftok->function()->isAttributeNoreturn())
diff --git a/lib/library.h b/lib/library.h
index 282558f30..d57ca6755 100644
--- a/lib/library.h
+++ b/lib/library.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ public:
     bool isUseRetVal(const Token* ftok) const;
 
     std::string returnValue(const Token *ftok) const;
+    std::string returnValueType(const Token *ftok) const;
 
     bool isnoreturn(const Token *ftok) const;
     bool isnotnoreturn(const Token *ftok) const;
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ private:
     std::set<std::string> _functions;
     std::map<std::string, bool> _noreturn; // is function noreturn?
     std::map<std::string, std::string> _returnValue;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> _returnValueType;
     std::set<std::string> _ignorefunction; // ignore functions/macros from a library (gtk, qt etc)
     std::map<std::string, bool> _reporterrors;
     std::map<std::string, bool> _processAfterCode;
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index d57eac848..b9b563cb1 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4602,6 +4602,12 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueTypeInTokenList(Token *tokens, bool cpp, const Sett
                     ::setValueType(tok, valuetype, cpp, defsign, settings);
             }
 
+            // library function
+            else if (tok->previous() && settings->library.returnValueType(tok->previous()) == "int") {
+                ValueType valuetype(ValueType::Sign::SIGNED, ValueType::Type::INT, 0U);
+                ::setValueType(tok, valuetype, cpp, defsign, settings);
+            }
+
             else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "sizeof (")) {
                 // TODO: use specified size_t type
                 ValueType valuetype(ValueType::Sign::UNSIGNED, ValueType::Type::LONG, 0U);