diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 78d2e433e..86b167057 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -7433,6 +7433,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyEnum()
                             if (!shadowId.empty())
                                 shadowId.push(shadowId.top());
 
+                            // are there shadow arguments?
                             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->previous(), ") {") || Token::simpleMatch(tok2->tokAt(-2), ") const {")) {
                                 std::set<std::string> shadowArg;
                                 for (const Token* arg = tok2; arg && arg->str() != "("; arg = arg->previous()) {
@@ -7448,7 +7449,24 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyEnum()
                                 }
                             }
 
+                            // are there shadow variables in the scope?
+                            std::set<std::string> shadowVars;
+                            for (const Token *tok3 = tok2->next(); tok3 && tok3->str() != "}"; tok3 = tok3->next()) {
+                                if (tok3->str() == "{")
+                                    tok3 = tok3->link(); // skip inner scopes
+                                else if (tok3->isName() && enumValues.find(tok3->str()) != enumValues.end()) {
+                                    if (Token::Match(tok3->previous(), "*|%type%") || Token::Match(tok3->previous(), "& %type% =")) // variable declaration?
+                                        shadowVars.insert(tok3->str());
+                                }
+                            }
+                            if (!shadowVars.empty()) {
+                                if (shadowId.empty())
+                                    shadowId.push(shadowVars);
+                                else
+                                    shadowId.top().insert(shadowVars.begin(), shadowVars.end());
+                            }
                         }
+
                         // Function head
                     } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%var% (")) {
                         const Token *prev = tok2->previous();
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index b1d6f7ce2..b0436bdab 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -7334,9 +7334,18 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("struct X { X ( int ) { int y ; y = ( int ) 1 ; } } ;", checkSimplifyEnum(code));
     }
 
-    void enum37() {  // #4280
-        const char code[] = "enum { a, b }; void f(int a) { return a + 1; }";
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int a ) { return a + 1 ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code));
+    void enum37() {  // #4280 - shadow variables
+        const char code1[] = "enum { a, b }; void f(int a) { return a + 1; }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int a ) { return a + 1 ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code1));
+
+        const char code2[] = "enum { a, b }; void f() { int a; }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int a ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code2));
+
+        const char code3[] = "enum { a, b }; void f() { int *a=do_something(); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int * a ; a = do_something ( ) ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code3));
+
+        const char code4[] = "enum { a, b }; void f() { int &a=x; }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int & a = x ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code4));
     }
 
     void enumscope1() { // #3949 - don't simplify enum from one function in another function