diff --git a/lib/cmock_config.rb b/lib/cmock_config.rb
index 716a0c5..c7db945 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_config.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_config.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class CMockConfig
       :weak                        => '',
       :subdir                      => nil,
       :plugins                     => [],
-      :strippables                 => ['(?:__attribute__\s*\(+.*?\)+)'],
+      :strippables                 => ['(?:__attribute__\s*\([ (]*.*?[ )]*\)+)'],
       :attributes                  => %w[__ramfunc __irq __fiq register extern],
       :c_calling_conventions       => %w[__stdcall __cdecl __fastcall],
       :enforce_strict_ordering     => false,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CMockConfig
       # - The keywords can appear before or after the return type (this is a compiler warning but people do weird stuff),
       #   so we check for word boundaries when searching for them
       # - We first remove "static inline" combinations and boil down to single inline or static statements
-      :inline_function_patterns    => ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*'] # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
+      :inline_function_patterns    => ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*', '(?:static\s*)?(?:__inline__)?__attribute__\s*\([ (]*always_inline[ )]*\)', 'static __inline__'] # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
     }.freeze
 
   def initialize(options = nil)
diff --git a/lib/cmock_generator.rb b/lib/cmock_generator.rb
index 826bf8b..c3896df 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_generator.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CMockGenerator
     @exclude_setjmp_h = @config.exclude_setjmp_h
     @subdir = @config.subdir
 
-    @includes_h_pre_orig_header  = (@config.includes || @config.includes_h_pre_orig_header || []).map { |h| h =~ /</ ? h : "\"#{h}\"" }
+    @includes_h_pre_orig_header  = ((@config.includes || []) + (@config.includes_h_pre_orig_header || [])).uniq.map { |h| h =~ /</ ? h : "\"#{h}\"" }
     @includes_h_post_orig_header = (@config.includes_h_post_orig_header || []).map { |h| h =~ /</ ? h : "\"#{h}\"" }
     @includes_c_pre_header       = (@config.includes_c_pre_header || []).map { |h| h =~ /</ ? h : "\"#{h}\"" }
     @includes_c_post_header      = (@config.includes_c_post_header || []).map { |h| h =~ /</ ? h : "\"#{h}\"" }
diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 8dd1f46..491e467 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     @c_calling_conventions = cfg.c_calling_conventions.uniq
     @treat_as_array = cfg.treat_as_array
     @treat_as_void = (['void'] + cfg.treat_as_void).uniq
-    @function_declaration_parse_base_match = '([\w\s\*\(\),\[\]]+??)\(([\w\s\*\(\),\.\[\]+\-\/]*)\)'
+    @function_declaration_parse_base_match = '([\w\s\*\(\),\[\]]*?\w[\w\s\*\(\),\[\]]*?)\(([\w\s\*\(\),\.\[\]+\-\/]*)\)'
     @declaration_parse_matcher = /#{@function_declaration_parse_base_match}$/m
     @standards = (%w[int short char long unsigned signed] + cfg.treat_as.keys).uniq
     @array_size_name = cfg.array_size_name
diff --git a/test/system/test_compilation/parsing.h b/test/system/test_compilation/parsing.h
index d4734f4..1c4bcd1 100644
--- a/test/system/test_compilation/parsing.h
+++ b/test/system/test_compilation/parsing.h
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ typedef struct _POINT_T
   int y;
 } POINT_T;
 
-// typedef edge case;
-// not ANSI C but it has been done and will break cmock if not handled
+/* typedef edge case;
+   not ANSI C but it has been done and will break cmock if not handled */
 typedef void VOID_TYPE_CRAZINESS;
 
 /* fun parsing & mock generation cases */
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ char
   int a,
   unsigned int b);
 
+/* this isn't a function, despite the parenthesis */
+static const unsigned int foo = (1);
+
 U16  *ptr_return1(int a);
 U16*  ptr_return2(int a);
 U16 * ptr_return3(int a);
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_generator_main_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_generator_main_test.rb
index 329d75a..1a66c0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_generator_main_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_generator_main_test.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe CMockGenerator, "Verify CMockGenerator Module" do
     @config.expect :enforce_strict_ordering, nil
     @config.expect :framework, :unity
     @config.expect :includes, ["ConfigRequiredHeader1.h","ConfigRequiredHeader2.h"]
-    #@config.expect :includes_h_pre_orig_header, nil #not called because includes called
+    @config.expect :includes_h_pre_orig_header, nil
     @config.expect :includes_h_post_orig_header, nil
     @config.expect :includes_c_pre_header, nil
     @config.expect :includes_c_post_header, nil
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index eedc0cb..3437de3 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
       "  my_realloc(void*, size_t) __attribute__((alloc_size(2)));\n" +
       "extern int\n" +
       "  my_printf (void *my_object, const char *my_format, ...)\n" +
-      "  __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));\n" +
+      "  __attribute__ ( (format (printf, 2, 3)) );\n" +
       "  void __attribute__ ((interrupt)) universal_handler ();\n"
 
     expected =
@@ -2755,6 +2755,28 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
     assert_equal(expected, @parser.transform_inline_functions(source))
   end
 
+  it "Transform inline functions using gnu attribute notation" do
+    source =
+      "static __inline__ __attribute__ ((always_inline)) uint16_t _somefunc (uint32_t a)\n" +
+      "{\n" +
+      "    return _someotherfunc (a);\n" +
+      "}\n" +
+      "static __attribute__ (( always_inline )) uint16_t _somefunc_0  (uint32_t a)\n" +
+      "{\n" +
+      "    return (uint16_t) a;\n" +
+      "}\n" +
+      "\n"
+
+    expected =
+      "uint16_t _somefunc (uint32_t a);\n" +
+      "uint16_t _somefunc_0  (uint32_t a);\n" +
+      "\n"
+
+    @parser.treat_inlines = :include
+    @parser.inline_function_patterns = ['(?:static\s*)?(?:__inline__)?__attribute__\s*\([ (]*always_inline[ )]*\)', 'static __inline__']
+    assert_equal(expected, @parser.transform_inline_functions(source))
+  end
+
   it "Transform inline functions takes user provided patterns into account" do
     source =
       "static __inline__ __attribute__ ((always_inline)) uint16_t _somefunc (uint32_t a)\n" +