diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangoverviewmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangoverviewmodel.cpp
index 22a2576b716..e7e5671d4b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangoverviewmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangoverviewmodel.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ void buildTree(const TokenContainers &containers,
         if (lexicalParentIndex >= 0 && treeItemCache[lexicalParentIndex])
             parent = treeItemCache[lexicalParentIndex];
 
+        if (parent != root
+                && (container.extraInfo.storageClass == ClangBackEnd::StorageClass::Extern
+                    || container.extraInfo.storageClass == ClangBackEnd::StorageClass::Static)) {
+            ClangBackEnd::HighlightingType parentType = parent->token.types.mainHighlightingType;
+            if (parentType == ClangBackEnd::HighlightingType::VirtualFunction
+                    || parentType == ClangBackEnd::HighlightingType::Function) {
+                // Treat static and extern variables inside a function scope as local variables.
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
         parent->appendChild(item.release());
     }