diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index a04394682..d7ab0d98a 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInClass::check()
     // only check classes and structures
     for (const Scope * scope : symbolDatabase->classAndStructScopes) {
         for (const Variable &var : scope->varlist) {
-            if (!var.isStatic() && var.isPointer()) {
+            if (!var.isStatic() && (var.isPointer() || var.isPointerArray())) {
                 // allocation but no deallocation of private variables in public function..
                 const Token *tok = var.typeStartToken();
                 // Either it is of standard type or a non-derived type
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index dc31e0179..a105740f1 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(class24); // ticket #3806 - false positive in copy constructor
         TEST_CASE(class25); // ticket #4367 - false positive implementation for destructor is not seen
         TEST_CASE(class26); // ticket #10789
+        TEST_CASE(class27); // ticket #8126
 
         TEST_CASE(staticvar);
 
@@ -1461,6 +1462,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (style) Class 'S' is unsafe, 'S::p' can leak by wrong usage.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void class27() { // ticket #8126 - array of pointers
+        check("struct S {\n"
+              "    S() {\n"
+              "    for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++)\n"
+              "        a = new char[3];\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    char* a;\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6]: (style) Class 'S' is unsafe, 'S::a' can leak by wrong usage.\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void staticvar() {
         check("class A\n"
               "{\n"