diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
index dbdd5e0b6b8993f745a349841c25eb541ebd048d..4479ee8d96a54fba485711d7bbb2fda8980566b1 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Preprocessor::State Preprocessor::createStateFromSource(const QByteArray &source
     return state;
 }
 
-void Preprocessor::processNewline(bool force)
+void Preprocessor::processNewline(bool force, int extraLines)
 {
     if (_dot != _tokens.constBegin()) {
         TokenIterator prevTok = _dot - 1;
@@ -605,23 +605,25 @@ void Preprocessor::processNewline(bool force)
         }
     }
 
-    if (! force && env->currentLine == _dot->lineno)
+    unsigned lineno = _dot->lineno + extraLines;
+
+    if (! force && env->currentLine == lineno)
         return;
 
-    if (force || env->currentLine > _dot->lineno) {
+    if (force || env->currentLine > lineno) {
         out("\n# ");
-        out(QByteArray::number(_dot->lineno));
+        out(QByteArray::number(lineno));
         out(' ');
         out('"');
         out(env->currentFile.toUtf8());
         out('"');
         out('\n');
     } else {
-        for (unsigned i = env->currentLine; i < _dot->lineno; ++i)
+        for (unsigned i = env->currentLine; i < lineno; ++i)
             out('\n');
     }
 
-    env->currentLine = _dot->lineno;
+    env->currentLine = lineno;
 }
 
 void Preprocessor::processSkippingBlocks(bool skippingBlocks,
@@ -650,28 +652,33 @@ void Preprocessor::processSkippingBlocks(bool skippingBlocks,
 
 bool Preprocessor::markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens,
                                        TokenIterator dot)
+{
+    bool previous = _markGeneratedTokens;
+    if (previous != markGeneratedTokens) {
+        if (! dot)
+            dot = _dot;
+        const int pos = markGeneratedTokens ? dot->begin() : (dot - 1)->end();
+        this->markGeneratedTokens(markGeneratedTokens, pos, dot->lineno - _dot->lineno, dot->f.newline);
+    }
+    return previous;
+}
+
+bool Preprocessor::markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens, int position, int extraLines, bool newline)
 {
     bool previous = _markGeneratedTokens;
     _markGeneratedTokens = markGeneratedTokens;
 
     if (previous != _markGeneratedTokens) {
-        if (! dot)
-            dot = _dot;
 
         if (_markGeneratedTokens)
             out("\n#gen true");
         else
             out("\n#gen false");
 
-        processNewline(/*force = */ true);
+        processNewline(/*force = */ true, extraLines);
 
         const char *begin = _source.constBegin();
-        const char *end   = begin;
-
-        if (markGeneratedTokens)
-            end += dot->begin();
-        else
-            end += (dot - 1)->end();
+        const char *end   = begin + position;
 
         const char *it = end - 1;
         for (; it != begin - 1; --it) {
@@ -688,7 +695,7 @@ bool Preprocessor::markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens,
                 out(*it);
         }
 
-        if (! markGeneratedTokens && dot->f.newline)
+        if (!markGeneratedTokens && newline)
             processNewline(/*force = */ true);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.h b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.h
index 3240d3fe9ef2f5f02b59d9eebbd47885f37b0c03..40c3cabaa838f2496dcacb934ed0c81c7ad90f6c 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.h
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ private:
     };
 
     bool markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens, TokenIterator dot = 0);
+    bool markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens, int position, int extraLines=0, bool newline=false);
 
     QByteArray expand(const QByteArray &source);
     void expand(const QByteArray &source, QByteArray *result);
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ private:
     void collectActualArguments(QVector<MacroArgumentReference> *actuals);
     MacroArgumentReference collectOneActualArgument();
 
-    void processNewline(bool force = false);
+    void processNewline(bool force = false, int extraLines = 0);
 
     void processSkippingBlocks(bool skippingBlocks,
                                TokenIterator dot, TokenIterator lastToken);
diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp b/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
index 43c9ca2d56b1900887ad1000b003bee871524a13..35a8c3046b259f312785f3b94ca9201e6f8d6049 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void named_va_args();
     void first_empty_macro_arg();
     void param_expanding_as_multiple_params();
+    void macro_definition_lineno();
     void unfinished_function_like_macro_call();
     void nasty_macro_expansion();
     void tstst();
@@ -114,6 +115,40 @@ void tst_Preprocessor::param_expanding_as_multiple_params()
     QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("int f(int a,int b);"));
 }
 
+void tst_Preprocessor::macro_definition_lineno()
+{
+    Client *client = 0; // no client.
+    Environment env;
+    Preprocessor preprocess(client, &env);
+    QByteArray preprocessed = preprocess(QLatin1String("<stdin>"),
+                                         QByteArray("#define foo(ARGS) int f(ARGS)\n"
+                                                    "foo(int a);\n"));
+    QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("#gen true\n# 2 "));
+
+    preprocessed = preprocess(QLatin1String("<stdin>"),
+                              QByteArray("#define foo(ARGS) int f(ARGS)\n"
+                                         "foo(int a)\n"
+                                         ";\n"));
+    QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("#gen true\n# 2 "));
+
+    preprocessed = preprocess(QLatin1String("<stdin>"),
+                              QByteArray("#define foo(ARGS) int f(ARGS)\n"
+                                         "foo(int  \n"
+                                         "    a);\n"));
+    QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("#gen true\n# 2 "));
+
+    preprocessed = preprocess(QLatin1String("<stdin>"),
+                              QByteArray("#define foo int f\n"
+                                         "foo;\n"));
+    QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("#gen true\n# 2 "));
+
+    preprocessed = preprocess(QLatin1String("<stdin>"),
+                              QByteArray("#define foo int f\n"
+                                         "foo\n"
+                                         ";\n"));
+    QVERIFY(preprocessed.contains("#gen true\n# 2 "));
+}
+
 void tst_Preprocessor::unfinished_function_like_macro_call()
 {
     Client *client = 0; // no client.