diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 85fafd9fb..4206a4ac2 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1931,6 +1931,19 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::negativeIndex()
                 const Variable *var = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase()->getVariableFromVarId(tok2->previous()->varId());
                 if (var && var->isArray())
                     negativeIndexError(tok, index);
+
+                // check if this variable is a member of a class/struct
+                else if (!var && Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(-3), "%var% ."))
+                {
+                    var = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase()->getVariableFromVarId(tok2->tokAt(-3)->varId());
+                    if (var && var->type())
+                    {
+                        // get the variable type from the class/struct
+                        const Variable *var2 = var->type()->getVariable(tok2->previous()->str());
+                        if (var2 && var2->isArray())
+                            negativeIndexError(tok, index);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index e6a80b9f2..bf5f1f476 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1784,6 +1784,19 @@ const Token *Scope::checkVariable(const Token *tok, AccessControl varaccess)
     return tok;
 }
 
+const Variable *Scope::getVariable(const std::string &varname) const
+{
+    std::list<Variable>::const_iterator iter;
+
+    for (iter = varlist.begin(); iter != varlist.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        if (iter->name() == varname)
+            return &*iter;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 const Token* skipScopeIdentifiers(const Token* tok)
 {
     const Token* ret = tok;
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.h b/lib/symboldatabase.h
index 5e8530850..75df8c8ea 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.h
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.h
@@ -521,6 +521,13 @@ public:
      */
     const Token *checkVariable(const Token *tok, AccessControl varaccess);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief get variable from name
+     * @param varname name of variable
+     * @return pointer to variable
+     */
+    const Variable *getVariable(const std::string &varname) const;
+
 private:
     /**
      * @brief helper function for getVariableList()
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index a956e4c5e..18367ad3a 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(array_index_switch_in_for);
         TEST_CASE(array_index_for_in_for);   // FP: #2634
         TEST_CASE(array_index_calculation);
-        TEST_CASE(array_index_negative);
+        TEST_CASE(array_index_negative1);
+        TEST_CASE(array_index_negative2); // ticket #3063
         TEST_CASE(array_index_for_decr);
         TEST_CASE(array_index_varnames);   // FP: struct member. #1576
         TEST_CASE(array_index_for_break);  // FP: for,break
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Array 'arr[5]' index 11 out of bounds\n", errout.str());
     }
 
-    void array_index_negative()
+    void array_index_negative1()
     {
         // #948 - array index out of bound not detected 'a[-1] = 0'
         check("void f()\n"
@@ -1318,6 +1319,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void array_index_negative2() // ticket #3063
+    {
+        check("struct TEST { char a[10]; };\n"
+              "void foo() {\n"
+              "    TEST test;\n"
+              "    test.a[-1] = 3;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Array index -1 is out of bounds\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void array_index_for_decr()
     {
         check("void f()\n"