diff --git a/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.cpp b/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.cpp
index 93a37b16a0a..22e77ee6d41 100644
--- a/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,23 @@
 
 namespace ClangBackEnd {
 
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const FollowSymbolResult &result)
+{
+    debug.nospace() << "FollowSymbolResult("
+                    << result.range
+                    << ", " << result.isPureDeclarationForUsage;
+
+    debug.nospace() << ")";
+
+    return debug;
+}
+
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const FollowSymbolMessage &message)
 {
     debug.nospace() << "FollowSymbolMessage("
                     << message.fileContainer
                     << ", " << message.ticketNumber
-                    << ", " << message.sourceRange;
+                    << ", " << message.result;
 
     debug.nospace() << ")";
 
diff --git a/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.h b/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.h
index 80b62628fb3..ec113825aeb 100644
--- a/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.h
+++ b/src/libs/clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.h
@@ -33,15 +33,53 @@
 
 namespace ClangBackEnd {
 
+class FollowSymbolResult
+{
+public:
+    FollowSymbolResult() = default;
+    FollowSymbolResult(SourceRangeContainer range)
+        : range(std::move(range))
+    {}
+    FollowSymbolResult(SourceRangeContainer range, bool isPureDeclarationForUsage)
+        : range(std::move(range))
+        , isPureDeclarationForUsage(isPureDeclarationForUsage)
+    {}
+
+    friend QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const FollowSymbolResult &container)
+    {
+        out << container.range;
+        out << container.isPureDeclarationForUsage;
+
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    friend QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, FollowSymbolResult &container)
+    {
+        in >> container.range;
+        in >> container.isPureDeclarationForUsage;
+
+        return in;
+    }
+
+    friend bool operator==(const FollowSymbolResult &first, const FollowSymbolResult &second)
+    {
+        return first.range == second.range
+                && first.isPureDeclarationForUsage == second.isPureDeclarationForUsage;
+    }
+
+    SourceRangeContainer range;
+    bool isPureDeclarationForUsage = false;
+};
+
 class FollowSymbolMessage
 {
 public:
     FollowSymbolMessage() = default;
     FollowSymbolMessage(const FileContainer &fileContainer,
-                        const SourceRangeContainer &range,
+                        const FollowSymbolResult &result,
                         quint64 ticketNumber)
         : fileContainer(fileContainer)
-        , sourceRange(range)
+        , result(result)
         , ticketNumber(ticketNumber)
     {
     }
@@ -49,7 +87,7 @@ public:
     friend QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const FollowSymbolMessage &message)
     {
         out << message.fileContainer;
-        out << message.sourceRange;
+        out << message.result;
         out << message.ticketNumber;
         return out;
     }
@@ -57,7 +95,7 @@ public:
     friend QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, FollowSymbolMessage &message)
     {
         in >> message.fileContainer;
-        in >> message.sourceRange;
+        in >> message.result;
         in >> message.ticketNumber;
         return in;
     }
@@ -66,15 +104,16 @@ public:
     {
         return first.ticketNumber == second.ticketNumber
                 && first.fileContainer == second.fileContainer
-                && first.sourceRange == second.sourceRange;
+                && first.result == second.result;
     }
 
 public:
     FileContainer fileContainer;
-    SourceRangeContainer sourceRange;
+    FollowSymbolResult result;
     quint64 ticketNumber = 0;
 };
 
+CLANGSUPPORT_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const FollowSymbolResult &result);
 CLANGSUPPORT_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const FollowSymbolMessage &message);
 
 DECLARE_MESSAGE(FollowSymbolMessage);
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangbackendreceiver.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangbackendreceiver.cpp
index 6cb6bafea12..b957ff1b08e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangbackendreceiver.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangbackendreceiver.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static
 CppTools::SymbolInfo toSymbolInfo(const FollowSymbolMessage &message)
 {
     CppTools::SymbolInfo result;
-    const SourceRangeContainer &range = message.sourceRange;
+    const SourceRangeContainer &range = message.result.range;
 
     const SourceLocationContainer &start = range.start;
     const SourceLocationContainer &end = range.end;
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ CppTools::SymbolInfo toSymbolInfo(const FollowSymbolMessage &message)
     result.endColumn = static_cast<int>(end.column);
     result.fileName = start.filePath;
 
+    result.isPureDeclarationForUsage = message.result.isPureDeclarationForUsage;
+
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ void BackendReceiver::tooltip(const ToolTipMessage &message)
 void BackendReceiver::followSymbol(const ClangBackEnd::FollowSymbolMessage &message)
 {
     qCDebugIpc() << "FollowSymbolMessage with"
-                 << message.sourceRange << "range";
+                 << message.result;
 
     const quint64 ticket = message.ticketNumber;
     QFutureInterface<CppTools::SymbolInfo> futureInterface = m_followTable.take(ticket);
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
index 2876055706e..e1f33bdf854 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ static Utils::Link linkAtCursor(const QTextCursor &cursor,
     return Link();
 }
 
+static ::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback extendedCallback(::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&callback,
+                                                     const CppTools::SymbolInfo &result)
+{
+    // If globalFollowSymbol finds nothing follow to the declaration.
+    return [original_callback = std::move(callback), result](const ::Utils::Link &link) {
+        if (!link.hasValidTarget() && result.isPureDeclarationForUsage) {
+            return original_callback(::Utils::Link(result.fileName, result.startLine,
+                                          result.startColumn - 1));
+        }
+        return original_callback(link);
+    };
+}
+
 void ClangFollowSymbol::findLink(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &data,
                                  ::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&processLinkCallback,
                                  bool resolveTarget,
@@ -185,11 +198,11 @@ void ClangFollowSymbol::findLink(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &data,
             return callback(Utils::Link());
         CppTools::SymbolInfo result = m_watcher->result();
         // We did not fail but the result is empty
-        if (result.fileName.isEmpty()) {
+        if (result.fileName.isEmpty() || result.isPureDeclarationForUsage) {
             const CppTools::RefactoringEngineInterface &refactoringEngine
                     = *CppTools::CppModelManager::instance();
             refactoringEngine.globalFollowSymbol(data,
-                                                 std::move(callback),
+                                                 extendedCallback(std::move(callback), result),
                                                  snapshot,
                                                  documentFromSemanticInfo,
                                                  symbolFinder,
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsymbolinfo.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsymbolinfo.h
index dcd00dd3c21..38edec11b3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsymbolinfo.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsymbolinfo.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
     int endLine = 0;
     int endColumn = 0;
     QString fileName;
+    bool isPureDeclarationForUsage = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace CppTools
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.cpp b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
index 2d8b7004ebe..a0a25182f16 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ static int getTokenIndex(CXTranslationUnit tu, const Tokens &tokens, uint line,
     return tokenIndex;
 }
 
-SourceRangeContainer FollowSymbol::followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
-                                                const Cursor &fullCursor,
-                                                uint line,
-                                                uint column)
+FollowSymbolResult FollowSymbol::followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
+                                              const Cursor &fullCursor,
+                                              uint line,
+                                              uint column)
 {
     std::unique_ptr<Tokens> tokens(new Tokens(fullCursor));
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ SourceRangeContainer FollowSymbol::followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
         CXFile file = clang_getIncludedFile(cursors[tokenIndex]);
         const ClangString filename(clang_getFileName(file));
         const SourceLocation loc(tu, filename, 1, 1);
-        return SourceRange(loc, loc);
+        return SourceRangeContainer(SourceRange(loc, loc));
     }
 
     // For definitions we can always find a declaration in current TU
@@ -185,12 +185,16 @@ SourceRangeContainer FollowSymbol::followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
     if (!cursor.isDeclaration()) {
         // This is the symbol usage
         // We want to return definition
+        FollowSymbolResult result;
         cursor = cursor.referenced();
-        if (cursor.isNull() || !cursor.isDefinition()) {
-            // We can't find definition in this TU
+        if (cursor.isNull())
             return SourceRangeContainer();
+        if (!cursor.isDefinition()) {
+            // We can't find definition in this TU
+            result.isPureDeclarationForUsage = true;
         }
-        return extractMatchingTokenRange(cursor, tokenSpelling);
+        result.range = extractMatchingTokenRange(cursor, tokenSpelling);
+        return result;
     }
 
     cursor = cursor.definition();
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.h
index 07db59a836f..7c5469ef665 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymbol.h
@@ -33,17 +33,18 @@ class Utf8String;
 
 namespace ClangBackEnd {
 
-class Cursor;
-class SourceRangeContainer;
 class CommandLineArguments;
+class Cursor;
+class FollowSymbolResult;
+class SourceRangeContainer;
 
 class FollowSymbol
 {
 public:
-    static SourceRangeContainer followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
-                                             const Cursor &fullCursor,
-                                             uint line,
-                                             uint column);
+    static FollowSymbolResult followSymbol(CXTranslationUnit tu,
+                                           const Cursor &fullCursor,
+                                           uint line,
+                                           uint column);
 };
 
 } // namespace ClangBackEnd
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymboljob.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymboljob.h
index 3a8741db1c6..5e625f97d49 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymboljob.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangfollowsymboljob.h
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
 
 #include "clangdocumentjob.h"
 
+#include <clangsupport/followsymbolmessage.h>
 #include <clangsupport/sourcerangecontainer.h>
 
 namespace ClangBackEnd {
 
-class FollowSymbolJob : public DocumentJob<SourceRangeContainer>
+class FollowSymbolJob : public DocumentJob<FollowSymbolResult>
 {
 public:
-    using AsyncResult = SourceRangeContainer;
+    using AsyncResult = FollowSymbolResult;
 
     AsyncPrepareResult prepareAsyncRun() override;
     void finalizeAsyncRun() override;
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.cpp b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.cpp
index f0bbc789347..4720f657918 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void TranslationUnit::extractDiagnostics(DiagnosticContainer &firstHeaderErrorDi
     }
 }
 
-SourceRangeContainer TranslationUnit::followSymbol(uint line, uint column) const
+FollowSymbolResult TranslationUnit::followSymbol(uint line, uint column) const
 {
     return FollowSymbol::followSymbol(m_cxTranslationUnit, cursorAt(line, column), line, column);
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.h
index 70df60f5050..175ba2eb584 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/clangtranslationunit.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace ClangBackEnd {
 class Cursor;
 class DiagnosticContainer;
 class DiagnosticSet;
+class FollowSymbolResult;
 class ReferencesResult;
 class SkippedSourceRanges;
 class SourceLocation;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public:
     TokenProcessor<FullTokenInfo> fullTokenInfosInRange(const SourceRange &range) const;
 
     SkippedSourceRanges skippedSourceRanges() const;
-    SourceRangeContainer followSymbol(uint line, uint column) const;
+    FollowSymbolResult followSymbol(uint line, uint column) const;
 
 private:
     const Utf8String m_id;
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/clangcodemodelserver-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/clangcodemodelserver-test.cpp
index ebcb5dd3d3e..7f88681f320 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/clangcodemodelserver-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/clangcodemodelserver-test.cpp
@@ -630,14 +630,12 @@ void ClangCodeModelServer::expectReferences()
 
 void ClangCodeModelServer::expectFollowSymbol()
 {
-    const ClangBackEnd::SourceRangeContainer classDefinition{
-         {filePathC, 40, 7},
-         {filePathC, 40, 10}
-     };
+    const ClangBackEnd::FollowSymbolResult classDefinition
+            = ClangBackEnd::SourceRangeContainer({filePathC, 40, 7}, {filePathC, 40, 10});
 
     EXPECT_CALL(mockClangCodeModelClient,
                 followSymbol(
-                    Field(&FollowSymbolMessage::sourceRange,
+                    Field(&FollowSymbolMessage::result,
                           Eq(classDefinition))))
         .Times(1);
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/clangfollowsymbol-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/clangfollowsymbol-test.cpp
index f42e8e63993..9df7349306c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/clangfollowsymbol-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/clangfollowsymbol-test.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <clangdocuments.h>
 #include <clangtranslationunit.h>
 #include <fixitcontainer.h>
+#include <followsymbolmessage.h>
 #include <projectpart.h>
 #include <projects.h>
 #include <sourcelocationcontainer.h>
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ using ::ClangBackEnd::Document;
 using ::ClangBackEnd::UnsavedFiles;
 using ::ClangBackEnd::ReferencesResult;
 using ::ClangBackEnd::SourceRangeContainer;
+using ::ClangBackEnd::FollowSymbolResult;
 
 namespace {
 const Utf8String sourceFilePath = Utf8StringLiteral(TESTDATA_DIR"/followsymbol_main.cpp");
@@ -131,12 +133,12 @@ public:
 class FollowSymbol : public ::testing::Test
 {
 protected:
-    SourceRangeContainer followSymbol(uint line, uint column)
+    FollowSymbolResult followSymbol(uint line, uint column)
     {
         return document.translationUnit().followSymbol(line, column);
     }
 
-    SourceRangeContainer followHeaderSymbol(uint line, uint column)
+    FollowSymbolResult followHeaderSymbol(uint line, uint column)
     {
         return headerDocument.translationUnit().followSymbol(line, column);
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.cpp
index c3e02240fe4..3b1a761a80c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.cpp
@@ -237,12 +237,22 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const RegisterProjectPartsForEditorMe
     return os;
 }
 
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const FollowSymbolResult &result)
+{
+    os << "("
+       << result.range
+       << ", " << result.isPureDeclarationForUsage
+       << ")";
+
+    return os;
+}
+
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const FollowSymbolMessage &message)
 {
       os << "("
          << message.fileContainer << ", "
          << message.ticketNumber << ", "
-         << message.sourceRange << ", "
+         << message.result << ", "
          << ")";
 
     return os;
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.h b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.h
index 6404764544b..d809b18b6e6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.h
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-creator-printing.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class EchoMessage;
 class DocumentAnnotationsChangedMessage;
 class ReferencesMessage;
 class ToolTipMessage;
+class FollowSymbolResult;
 class FollowSymbolMessage;
 class CompleteCodeMessage;
 class EndMessage;
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const EchoMessage &message);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const DocumentAnnotationsChangedMessage &message);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const ReferencesMessage &message);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const ToolTipMessage &message);
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const FollowSymbolResult &result);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const FollowSymbolMessage &message);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const CompleteCodeMessage &message);
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const EndMessage &message);