diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index b0c8f88a2..7659d7fde 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -743,7 +743,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
         bool ptrToArray = false;
         bool refToArray = false;
         bool ptrMember = false;
-        Token *functionNamespace = 0;
+        Token *namespaceStart = 0;
+        Token *namespaceEnd = 0;
 
         if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "::") ||
             Token::Match(tok->next(), "%type%"))
@@ -925,9 +926,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                 tok = specEnd->next();
             }
         }
-        else if (tok->tokAt(offset) && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(offset), "( %var% :: *|&| const|volatile| const|volatile| %type% ) ("))
+        else if (tok->tokAt(offset) && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(offset), "( ::| %var% :: *|&| const|volatile| const|volatile| %type% ) ("))
         {
-            functionNamespace = tok->tokAt(offset + 1);
+            namespaceStart = tok->tokAt(offset + 1);
+            if (tok->tokAt(offset + 1)->str() == "::")
+                offset++;
+            namespaceEnd = tok->tokAt(offset + 2);
             functionPtr = tok->tokAt(offset + 3)->str() == "*";
             functionRef = tok->tokAt(offset + 3)->str() == "&";
             function = tok->tokAt(offset + 4)->str() == ")";
@@ -1044,7 +1048,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
         // pointer to class member
         else if (tok->tokAt(offset) && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(offset), "( %type% :: * %type% ) ;"))
         {
-            functionNamespace = tok->tokAt(offset + 1);
+            namespaceStart = tok->tokAt(offset + 1);
+            namespaceEnd = tok->tokAt(offset + 2);
             ptrMember = true;
             typeName = tok->tokAt(offset + 4);
             tok = tok->tokAt(offset + 6);
@@ -1218,11 +1223,17 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                             tok2 = tok2->next();
                         }
                         Token *tok3 = tok2;
-                        if (functionNamespace)
+                        if (namespaceStart)
                         {
-                            tok2->insertToken(functionNamespace->str());
-                            tok2 = tok2->next();
-                            tok2->insertToken("::");
+                            const Token *tok4 = namespaceStart;
+
+                            while (tok4 != namespaceEnd)
+                            {
+                                tok2->insertToken(tok4->str());
+                                tok2 = tok2->next();
+                                tok4 = tok4->next();
+                            }
+                            tok2->insertToken(namespaceEnd->str());
                             tok2 = tok2->next();
                         }
                         if (functionPtr)
@@ -1428,10 +1439,15 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                         tok2 = tok2->next();
                         Token *tok3 = tok2;
 
-                        tok2->insertToken(functionNamespace->str());
-                        tok2 = tok2->next();
+                        const Token *tok4 = namespaceStart;
 
-                        tok2->insertToken("::");
+                        while (tok4 != namespaceEnd)
+                        {
+                            tok2->insertToken(tok4->str());
+                            tok2 = tok2->next();
+                            tok4 = tok4->next();
+                        }
+                        tok2->insertToken(namespaceEnd->str());
                         tok2 = tok2->next();
 
                         tok2->insertToken("*");
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 63cd5f472..1914b8140 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -4309,6 +4309,10 @@ private:
                             "typedef int ( C :: * const type6 ) ( float ) ;\n"
                             "typedef int ( C :: * volatile type7 ) ( float ) ;\n"
                             "typedef int ( C :: * const volatile type8 ) ( float ) ;\n"
+                            "typedef int ( :: C :: * type9 ) ( float ) ;\n"
+                            "typedef int ( :: C :: * const type10 ) ( float ) ;\n"
+                            "typedef int ( :: C :: * volatile type11 ) ( float ) ;\n"
+                            "typedef int ( :: C :: * const volatile type12 ) ( float ) ;\n"
                             "type1 t1;\n"
                             "type2 t2;\n"
                             "type3 t3;\n"
@@ -4316,10 +4320,14 @@ private:
                             "type5 t5;\n"
                             "type6 t6;\n"
                             "type7 t7;\n"
-                            "type8 t8;";
+                            "type8 t8;\n"
+                            "type9 t9;\n"
+                            "type10 t10;\n"
+                            "type11 t11;\n"
+                            "type12 t12;";
 
         // The expected result..
-        const std::string expected("; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; "
+        const std::string expected("; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; "
                                    "int * t1 ; " // simplified to regular pointer
                                    "int ( * const t2 ) ( float ) ; "
                                    "int * t3 ; " // volatile removed, gets simplified to regular pointer
@@ -4327,7 +4335,11 @@ private:
                                    "int ( C :: * t5 ) ( float ) ; "
                                    "int ( C :: * const t6 ) ( float ) ; "
                                    "int ( C :: * t7 ) ( float ) ; " // volatile removed
-                                   "int ( C :: * const t8 ) ( float ) ;"); // volatile removed
+                                   "int ( C :: * const t8 ) ( float ) ; " // volatile removed
+                                   "int ( :: C :: * t9 ) ( float ) ; "
+                                   "int ( :: C :: * const t10 ) ( float ) ; "
+                                   "int ( :: C :: * t11 ) ( float ) ; " // volatile removed
+                                   "int ( :: C :: * const t12 ) ( float ) ;"); // volatile removed
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tok(code, false));
 
         checkSimplifyTypedef(code);