diff --git a/docs/CMock_Summary.md b/docs/CMock_Summary.md
index df0ca5d..79351c1 100644
--- a/docs/CMock_Summary.md
+++ b/docs/CMock_Summary.md
@@ -525,6 +525,37 @@ from the defaults. We've tried to specify what the defaults are below.
   * `:include` will mock inlined functions
   * `:exclude` will ignore inlined functions (default).
 
+  CMock will look for the following default patterns (simplified from the actual regex):
+  - "static inline"
+  - "inline static"
+  - "inline"
+  - "static"
+  You can override these patterns, check out :inline_function_patterns.
+
+  Enabling this feature does require a change in the build system that
+  is using CMock.  To understand why, we need to give some more info
+  on how we are handling inline functions internally.
+  Let's say we want to mock a header called example.h.  example.h
+  contains inline functions, we cannot include this header in the
+  mocks or test code if we want to mock the inline functions simply
+  because the inline functions contain an implementation that we want
+  to override in our mocks!
+  So, to circumvent this, we generate a new header, also named
+  example.h, in the same directory as mock_example.h/c .  This newly
+  generated header should/is exactly the same as the original header,
+  only difference is the inline functions are transformed to 'normal'
+  functions declarations.  Placing the new header in the same
+  directory as mock_example.h/c ensures that they will include the new
+  header and not the old one.
+  However, CMock has no control in how the build system is configured
+  and which include paths the test code is compiled with.  In order
+  for the test code to also see the newly generated header ,and not
+  the old header with inline functions, the build system has to add
+  the mock folder to the include paths.
+  Furthermore, we need to keep the order of include paths in mind. We
+  have to set the mock folder before the other includes to avoid the
+  test code including the original header instead of the newly
+  generated header (without inline functions).
 
 * `:unity_helper_path`:
   If you have created a header with your own extensions to unity to
@@ -636,6 +667,21 @@ from the defaults. We've tried to specify what the defaults are below.
     If this option is disabled, the mocked functions will return
     a default value (0) when called (and only if they have to return something of course).
 
+* `:inline_function_patterns`:
+  An array containing a list of strings to detect inline functions.
+  This option is only taken into account if you enable :treat_inlines.
+  These strings are interpreted as regex patterns so be sure to escape
+  certain characters. For example, use `:inline_function_patterns: ['static inline __attribute__ \(\(always_inline\)\)']`
+  to recognize `static inline __attribute__ ((always_inline)) int my_func(void)`
+  as an inline function.
+  The default patterns are are:
+
+  * default: ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*']
+  * **note:**
+    The order of patterns is important here!
+    We go from specific patterns ('static inline') to general patterns ('inline'),
+    otherwise we would miss functions that use 'static inline' iso 'inline'.
+
 
 Compiled Options:
 -----------------
diff --git a/lib/cmock_config.rb b/lib/cmock_config.rb
index 6f47eb4..0ec13c4 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_config.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_config.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ class CMockConfig
     :orig_header_include_fmt     => "#include \"%s\"",
     :array_size_type             => [],
     :array_size_name             => 'size|len',
+
+    # Format to look for inline functions.
+    # This is a combination of "static" and "inline" keywords ("static inline", "inline static", "inline", "static")
+    # There are several possibilities:
+    # - sometimes they appear together, sometimes individually,
+    # - 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)
   }
 
   def initialize(options=nil)
diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index d47b539..2e2e100 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class CMockHeaderParser
 
-  attr_accessor :funcs, :c_attr_noconst, :c_attributes, :treat_as_void, :treat_externs, :treat_inlines
+  attr_accessor :funcs, :c_attr_noconst, :c_attributes, :treat_as_void, :treat_externs, :treat_inlines, :inline_function_patterns
 
   def initialize(cfg)
     @funcs = []
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     @verbosity = cfg.verbosity
     @treat_externs = cfg.treat_externs
     @treat_inlines = cfg.treat_inlines
+    @inline_function_patterns = cfg.inline_function_patterns
     @c_strippables += ['extern'] if (@treat_externs == :include) #we'll need to remove the attribute if we're allowing externs
     @c_strippables += ['inline'] if (@treat_inlines == :include) #we'll need to remove the attribute if we're allowing inlines
   end
@@ -102,19 +103,16 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
   # Transform inline functions to regular functions in the source by the user
   # +source+:: String containing the source to be processed
   def transform_inline_functions(source)
-    # Format to look for inline functions.
-    # This is a combination of "static" and "inline" keywords ("static inline", "inline static", "inline", "static")
-    # There are several possibilities:
-    # - sometimes they appear together, sometimes individually,
-    # - 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_regex_formats = [
-      /(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*/,        # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
-      /(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*/,                  # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
-    ]
+    inline_function_regex_formats = []
     square_bracket_pair_regex_format = /\{[^\{\}]*\}/ # Regex to match one whole block enclosed by two square brackets
 
+    # Convert user provided string patterns to regex
+    @inline_function_patterns.each do |user_format_string|
+      user_regex = Regexp.new(user_format_string)
+      cleanup_spaces_after_user_regex = /\s*/
+      inline_function_regex_formats << Regexp.new(user_regex.source + cleanup_spaces_after_user_regex.source)
+    end
+
     # let's clean up the encoding in case they've done anything weird with the characters we might find
     source = source.force_encoding("ISO-8859-1").encode("utf-8", :replace => nil)
 
@@ -164,6 +162,14 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
       @local_as_void += void_types.flatten.uniq.compact
     end
 
+    # If user wants to mock inline functions,
+    # remove the (user specific) inline keywords before removing anything else to avoid missing an inline function
+    if (@treat_inlines == :include)
+      @inline_function_patterns.each { |user_format_string|
+        source.gsub!(/#{user_format_string}/, '') # remove user defined inline function patterns
+      }
+    end
+
     # smush multiline macros into single line (checking for continuation character at end of line '\')
     source.gsub!(/\s*\\\s*/m, ' ')
 
@@ -230,13 +236,8 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
       src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /(?:^|\s+)(?:extern)\s+/).nil?} # remove extern functions
     end
 
-    if (@treat_inlines == :include)
-      src_lines.each {
-        |src_line|
-        src_line.gsub!(/^inline/, "") # Remove "inline" so that they are 'normal' functions
-      }
-    else
-      src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /(?:^|\s+)(?:inline)\s+/).nil?}        # remove inline functions
+    unless (@treat_inlines == :include)
+      src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /(?:^|\s+)(?:inline)\s+/).nil?} # remove inline functions
     end
 
     src_lines.delete_if {|line| line.empty? } #drop empty lines
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_config_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_config_test.rb
index b8728c9..aa081aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_config_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_config_test.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe CMockConfig, "Verify CMockConfig Module" do
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:plugins],               config.plugins)
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:treat_externs],         config.treat_externs)
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:treat_inlines],         config.treat_inlines)
+    assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:inline_function_patterns],   config.inline_function_patterns)
   end
 
   it "replace only options specified in a hash" do
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ describe CMockConfig, "Verify CMockConfig Module" do
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:plugins],                config.plugins)
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:treat_externs],          config.treat_externs)
     assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:treat_inlines],          config.treat_inlines)
+    assert_equal(CMockConfig::CMockDefaultOptions[:inline_function_patterns],   config.inline_function_patterns)
   end
 
   it "replace only options specified in a yaml file" do
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ describe CMockConfig, "Verify CMockConfig Module" do
     assert_equal(test_plugins,                                              config.plugins)
     assert_equal(:include,                                                  config.treat_externs)
     assert_equal(:include,                                                  config.treat_inlines)
+    assert_equal(['MY_INLINE_FUNCTION_DECLARATION_PATTERN'],                config.inline_function_patterns)
   end
 
   it "populate treat_as map with internal standard_treat_as_map defaults, redefine defaults, and add custom values" do
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_config_test.yml b/test/unit/cmock_config_test.yml
index 61204f6..eaee14b 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_config_test.yml
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_config_test.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
     - 'pizza'
   :treat_externs:  :include
   :treat_inlines:  :include
+  :inline_function_patterns: ['MY_INLINE_FUNCTION_DECLARATION_PATTERN']
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index 07b77ee..c28ebec 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
     @config.expect :verbosity, 1
     @config.expect :treat_externs, :exclude
     @config.expect :treat_inlines, :exclude
+    @config.expect :inline_function_patterns, ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*']
     @config.expect :array_size_type, ['int', 'size_t']
     @config.expect :array_size_name, 'size|len'
 
@@ -509,6 +510,37 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
     assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source).map!{|s|s.strip})
   end
 
+  it "Include inline functions that contain user defined inline function formats" do
+    source =
+      "uint32 foo(unsigned int);\n" +
+      "uint32 bar(unsigned int);\n" +
+      "inline void inlineBar(void)\n" +
+      "{\n" +
+      "    return 43;\n" +
+      "}\n" +
+      "static __inline__ __attribute__ ((always_inline)) int alwaysinlinefunc(int a)\n" +
+      "{\n" +
+      "    return a + inlineBar();\n" +
+      "}\n" +
+      "static __inline__ void inlinebar(unsigned int)\n" +
+      "{\n" +
+      " int a = alwaysinlinefunc()\n" +
+      "}\n"
+
+    expected =
+      [
+      "uint32 foo(unsigned int)",
+      "uint32 bar(unsigned int)",
+      "void inlineBar(void)",
+      "int alwaysinlinefunc(int a)",
+      "void inlinebar(unsigned int)"
+      ]
+
+    @parser.treat_inlines = :include
+    @parser.inline_function_patterns = ['static __inline__ __attribute__ \(\(always_inline\)\)', 'static __inline__', '\binline\b']
+    assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source).map!{|s|s.strip})
+  end
+
   it "remove defines" do
     source =
       "#define whatever you feel like defining\n" +