diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 40dbdf88f9d..c472522a6f2 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1042,6 +1042,9 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
     std::map<std::string, std::set<std::string>> numberOfTypedefs;
     for (Token* tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
         if (tok->str() == "typedef") {
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "typedef ( *") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), ") ("))
+                // Implicit return type
+                tok->insertToken("int");
             TypedefSimplifier ts(tok);
             if (ts.fail() || !ts.nameToken())
                 continue;
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 03ac9b45a9e..22cad3948d9 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction9);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction10); // #5191
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction11);
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction12);
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefStruct); // #12081 - volatile struct
 
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(typedefInfo2);
         TEST_CASE(typedefInfo3);
         TEST_CASE(typedefInfo4);
+        TEST_CASE(typedefInfo5);
     }
 
     class TokenizerTest final : public Tokenizer
@@ -4444,6 +4446,15 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
         ignore_errout(); // we are not interested in the output
     }
 
+    void simplifyTypedefFunction12() {
+        const char code[] = "typedef (*pfi)(void);\n"
+                            "pfi f;\n";
+
+        const char expected[] = "int ( * f ) ( void ) ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tok(code, dinit(TokOptions, $.debugwarnings = false)));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+    }
+
     void simplifyTypedefStruct() {
         const char code1[] = "typedef struct S { int x; } xyz;\n"
                              "xyz var;";
@@ -4673,6 +4684,23 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
                       "    <info name=\"coord\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"1\" column=\"1\" tagline=\"1\" tagcolumn=\"16\" used=\"1\" isFunctionPointer=\"0\"/>\n"
                       "  </typedef-info>\n", xml);
     }
+
+    void typedefInfo5() {
+        const std::string xml = dumpTypedefInfo("typedef (*pfi)(void);\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("  <typedef-info>\n"
+                      "    <info name=\"pfi\" file=\"file.c\" line=\"1\" column=\"1\" used=\"0\" isFunctionPointer=\"1\">\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"1\" str=\"typedef\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"0\" str=\"int\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"9\" str=\"(\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"10\" str=\"*\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"11\" str=\"pfi\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"14\" str=\")\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"15\" str=\"(\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"16\" str=\"void\"/>\n"
+                      "      <token line=\"1\" column=\"20\" str=\")\"/>\n"
+                      "    </info>\n"
+                      "  </typedef-info>\n", xml);
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSimplifyTypedef)