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/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" +