diff --git a/htmlreport/check.sh b/htmlreport/check.sh
index 3815480ef..e9bf6e314 100755
--- a/htmlreport/check.sh
+++ b/htmlreport/check.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ echo ""
 ../cppcheck --errorlist --inconclusive --xml-version=2 > errorlist.xml
 xmllint --noout errorlist.xml
 ./cppcheck-htmlreport --file ./errorlist.xml --title "errorlist" --report-dir .
+
+../cppcheck ../samples/memleak/good.c ../samples/resourceLeak/good.c  --xml-version=2 --enable=information --suppressions-list=test_suppressions.txt --xml 2> unmatchedSuppr.xml
+xmllint --noout unmatchedSuppr.xml
+./cppcheck-htmlreport --file ./unmatchedSuppr.xml --title "unmatched Suppressions" --report-dir=.
+grep "unmatchedSuppression<.*>information<.*>Unmatched suppression: variableScope*<" index.html
+grep ">unmatchedSuppression</.*>information<.*>Unmatched suppression: uninitstring<" index.html
+grep "notexisting" index.html
+grep ">unmatchedSuppression<.*>information<.*>Unmatched suppression: \*<" index.html
diff --git a/htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport b/htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport
index 9359a1d3e..c90d47373 100755
--- a/htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport
+++ b/htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport
@@ -433,8 +433,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             with io.open(source_filename, 'r', encoding=options.source_encoding) as input_file:
                 content = input_file.read()
         except IOError:
-            sys.stderr.write("ERROR: Source file '%s' not found.\n" %
-                             source_filename)
+            if (error['id'] == 'unmatchedSuppression'):
+                continue; # file not found, bail out
+            else:
+                sys.stderr.write("ERROR: Source file '%s' not found.\n" %
+                                source_filename)
             continue
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             sys.stderr.write("WARNING: Unicode decode error in '%s'.\n" %
@@ -522,9 +525,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 output_file.write("\n       <tr><td colspan='4'>%s</td></tr>" % (filename))
                 output_file.write("\n       <tr><td colspan='4'> Could not generated due to UnicodeDecodeError</td></tr>")
             else:
-                output_file.write(
-                "\n       <tr><td colspan='4'><a href='%s'>%s</a></td></tr>" %
-                (data['htmlfile'], filename))
+                if filename.endswith('*'): # assume unmatched suppression
+                    output_file.write(
+                        "\n       <tr><td colspan='4'>%s</td></tr>" %
+                        (filename))
+                else:
+                    output_file.write(
+                        "\n       <tr><td colspan='4'><a href='%s'>%s</a></td></tr>" %
+                        (data['htmlfile'], filename))
+
                 for error in sorted(data['errors'], key=lambda k: k['line']):
                     error_class = ''
                     try:
@@ -540,6 +549,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         output_file.write(
                             '\n         <tr><td></td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>' %
                             (error['id'], error['severity'], error['msg']))
+                    elif (error['id'] == 'unmatchedSuppression') and filename.endswith('*'):
+                        output_file.write(
+                            "\n         <tr><td></td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td %s>%s</td></tr>" %
+                            (error['id'], error['severity'], error_class,
+                             error['msg']))
                     else:
                         output_file.write(
                             "\n       <tr><td><a href='%s#line-%d'>%d</a></td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td %s>%s</td></tr>" %
diff --git a/htmlreport/test_suppressions.txt b/htmlreport/test_suppressions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3130c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htmlreport/test_suppressions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+variableScope:../samples/memleak/good.c
+*:../samples/resourceLeak/notexisting.c*
+uninitstring:*