diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 4876365ec..368013fa4 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ bool CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::test_white_list(const std::string &funcname)
 
 const char * CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::call_func(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *> callstack, const unsigned int varid, AllocType &alloctype, AllocType &dealloctype, bool &allocpar, unsigned int sz)
 {
-    if (test_white_list(tok->str())) {
+    if (test_white_list(tok->str()) ||
+        (_settings->library.ignore.find(tok->str()) != _settings->library.ignore.end())) {
         if (tok->str() == "asprintf" ||
             tok->str() == "delete" ||
             tok->str() == "fclose" ||