diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 4eba45ab2..5f639d4e4 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2,
             Token::Match(tok2, "new ( nothrow ) struct| %type% [;()]"))
             return New;
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok2, "new struct| %type% [") ||
-            Token::Match(tok2, "new ( std :: nothrow ) struct| %type% [") ||
-            Token::Match(tok2, "new ( nothrow ) struct| %type% ["))
+        if (Token::Match(tok2, "new struct| %type% *| [") ||
+            Token::Match(tok2, "new ( std :: nothrow ) struct| %type% *| [") ||
+            Token::Match(tok2, "new ( nothrow ) struct| %type% *| ["))
             return NewArray;
 
         if (Token::Match(tok2, "fopen|tmpfile|g_fopen ("))
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 8c7060dc1..26ebae9b8 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = malloc(100);", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = new int;", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = new int[10];", "a"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int **a = new int*[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int * const a = new int[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("const int * const a = new int[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int i = open(a,b);", "i"));