diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 141d1ec..c87ac8a 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/(\W)(?:register|auto|static|restrict)(\W)/, '\1\2')                      # remove problem keywords
     source.gsub!(/\s*=\s*['"a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+\s*/, '')                                        # remove default value statements from argument lists
     source.gsub!(/^(?:[\w\s]*\W)?typedef\W[^;]*/m, '')                                     # remove typedef statements
+    source.gsub!(/\)(\w)/, ') \1')                                                         # add space between parenthese and alphanumeric
     source.gsub!(/(^|\W+)(?:#{@c_strippables.join('|')})(?=$|\W+)/,'\1') unless @c_strippables.empty? # remove known attributes slated to be stripped
 
     #scan for functions which return function pointers, because they are a pain