diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
index b0b18871f9a..01725841158 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,36 @@ private:
     ClassOrNamespace *_binding;
 };
 
+static int evaluateFunctionArgument(const FullySpecifiedType &actualTy,
+                                    const FullySpecifiedType &formalTy)
+{
+    int score = 0;
+    if (actualTy.type()->match(formalTy.type())) {
+        ++score;
+        if (actualTy.isConst() == formalTy.isConst())
+            ++score;
+    } else if (actualTy.simplified().type()->match(formalTy.simplified().type())) {
+        ++score;
+        if (actualTy.simplified().isConst() == formalTy.simplified().isConst())
+            ++score;
+    } else {
+        PointerType *actualAsPointer = actualTy.type()->asPointerType();
+        PointerType *formalAsPointer = formalTy.type()->asPointerType();
+
+        if (actualAsPointer && formalAsPointer) {
+            FullySpecifiedType actualElementType = actualAsPointer->elementType();
+            FullySpecifiedType formalElementType = formalAsPointer->elementType();
+            if (actualElementType.type()->match(formalElementType.type())) {
+                ++score;
+                if (actualElementType.isConst() == formalElementType.isConst())
+                    ++score;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return score;
+}
+
 } // end of anonymous namespace
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -771,15 +801,6 @@ bool ResolveExpression::maybeValidPrototype(Function *funTy, unsigned actualArgu
     return funTy->maybeValidPrototype(actualArgumentCount);
 }
 
-bool ResolveExpression::implicitConversion(const FullySpecifiedType &sourceTy, const FullySpecifiedType &targetTy) const
-{
-    if (sourceTy.match(targetTy))
-        return true;
-    else if (sourceTy.simplified().match(targetTy.simplified()))
-        return true;
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool ResolveExpression::visit(CallAST *ast)
 {
     const QList<LookupItem> baseResults = resolve(ast->base_expression, _scope);
@@ -820,11 +841,13 @@ bool ResolveExpression::visit(CallAST *ast)
                             continue;
 
                         actualTy = actual.first().type();
-                    } else
+                    } else {
                         actualTy = formalTy;
+                        score += 2;
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-                    if (implicitConversion(actualTy, formalTy))
-                        ++score;
+                    score += evaluateFunctionArgument(actualTy, formalTy);
                 }
 
                 sortedResults.insert(LookupMap::value_type(-score, base));
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.h b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.h
index be8d0629409..dca059028bb 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.h
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ protected:
     void addResults(const QList<LookupItem> &items);
 
     static bool maybeValidPrototype(Function *funTy, unsigned actualArgumentCount);
-    bool implicitConversion(const FullySpecifiedType &sourceTy, const FullySpecifiedType &targetTy) const;
 
     using ASTVisitor::visit;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
index 6b0817b14c3..ffb9d2c9547 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ private slots:
     void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_data();
     void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor();
 
+    void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_followCall_data();
+    void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_followCall();
+
     void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_QObject_connect_data();
     void test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_QObject_connect();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/followsymbol_switchmethoddecldef_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/followsymbol_switchmethoddecldef_test.cpp
index 811552971f6..2637efc51de 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/followsymbol_switchmethoddecldef_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/followsymbol_switchmethoddecldef_test.cpp
@@ -931,45 +931,6 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_data()
         "};\n"
     );
 
-    QTest::newRow("matchFunctionSignature_FollowCall_1") << _(
-        "class Bar {};\n"
-        "void $foo(int) {}\n"
-        "void foo(const char *) {}\n"
-        "void foo(const Bar &) {}\n"
-        "void foo(char) {}\n"
-        "\n"
-        "void t()\n"
-        "{\n"
-        "    @foo(5);\n"
-        "}\n"
-    );
-
-    QTest::newRow("matchFunctionSignature_FollowCall_2") << _(
-        "class Bar {};\n"
-        "void foo(int) {}\n"
-        "void $foo(const char *) {}\n"
-        "void foo(const Bar &) {}\n"
-        "void foo(char) {}\n"
-        "\n"
-        "void t()\n"
-        "{\n"
-        "    @foo(\"hoo\");\n"
-        "}\n"
-    );
-
-    QTest::newRow("matchFunctionSignature_FollowCall_3") << _(
-        "class Bar {};\n"
-        "void foo(int) {}\n"
-        "void foo(const char *) {}\n"
-        "void foo(const Bar &) {}\n"
-        "void $foo(char) {}\n"
-        "\n"
-        "void t()\n"
-        "{\n"
-        "    @foo('a');\n"
-        "}\n"
-    );
-
     QTest::newRow("infiniteLoopLocalTypedef_QTCREATORBUG-11999") << _(
         "template<class MyTree>\n"
         "class TreeConstIterator\n"
@@ -993,6 +954,73 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor()
     F2TestCase(F2TestCase::FollowSymbolUnderCursorAction, singleDocument(source));
 }
 
+void CppEditorPlugin::test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_followCall_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("variableDeclaration"); // without semicolon, can be ""
+    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("callArgument");
+    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("expectedSignature"); // you might need to add a function
+                                                       // declaration with such a signature
+
+    QTest::newRow("intLiteral-to-int")
+            << _("")
+            << _("5")
+            << _("int");
+    QTest::newRow("charLiteral-to-const-char-ptr")
+            << _("")
+            << _("\"hoo\"")
+            << _("const char *");
+    QTest::newRow("charLiteral-to-int")
+            << _("")
+            << _("'a'")
+            << _("char");
+
+    QTest::newRow("charPtr-to-constCharPtr")
+            << _("char *var = \"var\"")
+            << _("var")
+            << _("const char *");
+    QTest::newRow("charPtr-to-constCharPtr")
+            << _("char *var = \"var\"")
+            << _("var")
+            << _("const char *");
+    QTest::newRow("constCharPtr-to-constCharPtr")
+            << _("const char *var = \"var\"")
+            << _("var")
+            << _("const char *");
+
+    QTest::newRow("Bar-to-constBarRef")
+            << _("Bar var")
+            << _("var")
+            << _("const Bar &");
+}
+
+void CppEditorPlugin::test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_followCall()
+{
+    QFETCH(QByteArray, variableDeclaration);
+    QFETCH(QByteArray, callArgument);
+    QFETCH(QByteArray, expectedSignature);
+
+    const QByteArray templateSource =
+        "class Bar {};\n"
+        "void fun(int);\n"
+        "void fun(const char *);\n"
+        "void fun(const Bar &);\n"
+        "void fun(char);\n"
+        "void fun(double);\n"
+        "\n"
+        "void t()\n"
+        "{\n"
+        "   " + variableDeclaration + ";\n"
+        "   @fun(" + callArgument + ");\n"
+        "}\n";
+
+    const QByteArray matchText = " fun(" + expectedSignature + ")";
+    const QByteArray replaceText = " $fun(" + expectedSignature + ")";
+    QByteArray source = templateSource;
+    source.replace(matchText, replaceText);
+    QVERIFY(source != templateSource);
+    F2TestCase(F2TestCase::FollowSymbolUnderCursorAction, singleDocument(source));
+}
+
 void CppEditorPlugin::test_FollowSymbolUnderCursor_multipleDocuments_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<QList<TestDocumentPtr> >("documents");