diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 4115427..7c00fb1 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/(^|\W+)(?:#{@c_strippables.join('|')})(?=$|\W+)/, '\1') unless @c_strippables.empty? # remove known attributes slated to be stripped
 
     # scan standalone function pointers and remove them, because they can just be ignored
-    source.gsub!(/\w+\s*\(\s*\*\s*\w+\s*\)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, ';')
+    source.gsub!(/[\w][\w\s*]*\(\s*\*\s*\w+\s*\)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, ';')
 
     # scan for functions which return function pointers, because they are a pain
     source.gsub!(/([\w\s*]+)\(*\(\s*\*([\w\s*]+)\s*\(([\w\s*,]*)\)\)\s*\(([\w\s*,]*)\)\)*/) do |_m|
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index a6f2051..bd38a57 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -387,6 +387,17 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
   end
 
 
+  it "ignore function pointer variables with pointer return types and not treat them as function prototypes" do
+    source =
+      "struct_t * (*func)(some_argument);\n" +
+      "void real_func(int a);\n"
+
+    expected = ["void real_func(int a)"]
+
+    assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source, @test_project).map! { |s| s.strip })
+  end
+
+
   it "remove struct statements" do
     source =
       "struct _NamedStruct1 {\n" +