diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 5a3a27fab..601a82f38 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -5323,6 +5323,12 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueType(Token *tok, const ValueType &valuetype)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (vt1 && vt1->container && vt1->containerTypeToken && Token::Match(parent, ". %name% (") && vt1->container->getYield(parent->next()->str()) == Library::Container::Yield::ITEM) {
+        ValueType item;
+        if (parsedecl(vt1->containerTypeToken, &item, mDefaultSignedness, mSettings))
+            setValueType(parent->tokAt(2), item);
+    }
+
     if (vt1 && vt1->smartPointerType && Token::Match(parent, ". %name% (") && parent->originalName() == "->" && !parent->next()->function()) {
         const Scope *scope = vt1->smartPointerType->classScope;
         const Function *f = scope ? scope->findFunction(parent->next(), false) : nullptr;
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 223a9d120..64ba9ff9c 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6868,6 +6868,7 @@ private:
             vector.startPattern2 = "Vector !!::";
             vector.type_templateArgNo = 0;
             vector.arrayLike_indexOp = true;
+            vector.functions["front"] = Library::Container::Function{Library::Container::Action::NO_ACTION, Library::Container::Yield::ITEM};
             set.library.containers["Vector"] = vector;
             Library::Container string;
             string.startPattern = "test :: string";
@@ -6878,6 +6879,7 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("{return test::string();}", "(", "test.cpp", &set));
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("void foo(Vector<test::string> v) { for (auto s: v) { x=s+s; } }", "s", "test.cpp", &set));
             ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("void foo(Vector<test::string> v) { for (auto s: v) { x=s+s; } }", "+", "test.cpp", &set));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("container(test :: string)", typeOf("Vector<test::string> v; x = v.front();", "(", "test.cpp", &set));
         }
 
         // new