diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 43b17ed95..b92675486 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4175,7 +4175,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass2()
         while (tok->str() == "}" && !scopeInfo.empty() && tok == scopeInfo.back().bodyEnd)
             scopeInfo.pop_back();
 
-        if (!Token::Match(tok, "namespace|class|struct %name% {|:|::"))
+        if (!Token::Match(tok, "namespace|class|struct %name% {|:|::|<"))
             continue;
 
         const std::string &scopeName(getScopeName(scopeInfo));
@@ -4184,9 +4184,14 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass2()
         std::list<const Token *> classnameTokens;
         classnameTokens.push_back(tok->next());
         const Token* tokStart = tok->tokAt(2);
-        while (Token::Match(tokStart, ":: %name%")) {
-            classnameTokens.push_back(tokStart->next());
-            tokStart = tokStart->tokAt(2);
+        while (Token::Match(tokStart, ":: %name%") || tokStart->str() == "<") {
+            if (tokStart->str() == "<") {
+                // skip the template part
+                tokStart = tokStart->findClosingBracket()->next();
+            } else {
+                classnameTokens.push_back(tokStart->next());
+                tokStart = tokStart->tokAt(2);
+            }
         }
 
         std::string classname;
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index db04e2c04..492050329 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varidclass19);  // initializer list
         TEST_CASE(varidclass20);   // #7578: int (*p)[2]
         TEST_CASE(varid_classnameshaddowsvariablename); // #3990
+        TEST_CASE(varid_classnametemplate); // #10221
 
         TEST_CASE(varidenum1);
         TEST_CASE(varidenum2);
@@ -3211,6 +3212,37 @@ private:
 
     }
 
+    void varid_classnametemplate() {
+        const char code[] = "template <typename T>\n"
+                            "struct BBB {\n"
+                            "  struct inner;\n"
+                            "};\n"
+                            "\n"
+                            "template <typename T>\n"
+                            "struct BBB<T>::inner {\n"
+                            "  inner(int x);\n"
+                            "  int x;\n"
+                            "};\n"
+                            "\n"
+                            "template <typename T>\n"
+                            "BBB<T>::inner::inner(int x): x(x) {}\n";
+        const char expected[] = "1: template < typename T >\n"
+                                "2: struct BBB {\n"
+                                "3: struct inner ;\n"
+                                "4: } ;\n"
+                                "5:\n"
+                                "6: template < typename T >\n"
+                                "7: struct BBB < T > :: inner {\n"
+                                "8: inner ( int x@1 ) ;\n"
+                                "9: int x@2 ;\n"
+                                "10: } ;\n"
+                                "11:\n"
+                                "12: template < typename T >\n"
+                                "13: BBB < T > :: inner :: inner ( int x@3 ) : x@2 ( x@3 ) { }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenize(code));
+
+    }
+
     void varidnamespace1() {
         const char code[] = "namespace A {\n"
                             "    char buf[20];\n"