diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 40d974a9a..336329b79 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2788,6 +2788,20 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
 
                 if (decl) {
                     variableId[prev2->str()] = ++_varId;
+
+                    // set varid for template parameters..
+                    tok = tok->next();
+                    while (Token::Match(tok, "%name%|::"))
+                        tok = tok->next();
+                    if (tok && tok->str() == "<") {
+                        const Token *end = tok->findClosingBracket();
+                        while (tok != end) {
+                            if (tok->isName() && variableId.find(tok->str()) != variableId.end())
+                                tok->varId(variableId[tok->str()]);
+                            tok = tok->next();
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     tok = tok2->previous();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 1e0995e8d..9d3ca4f4e 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_templatePtr); // #4319
         TEST_CASE(varid_templateNamespaceFuncPtr); // #4172
         TEST_CASE(varid_templateArray);
+        TEST_CASE(varid_templateParameter); // #7046 set varid for "X":  std::array<int,X> Y;
         TEST_CASE(varid_cppcast); // #6190
         TEST_CASE(varid_variadicFunc);
         TEST_CASE(varid_typename); // #4644
@@ -2135,6 +2136,16 @@ private:
                       tokenize("VertexArrayIterator<float[2]> attrPos = m_AttributePos.GetIterator<float[2]>();"));
     }
 
+    void varid_templateParameter() { // #7046 set varid for "X":  std::array<int,X> Y;
+        const char code[] = "const int X = 0;\n"
+                            "std::array<int,X> Y;\n";
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: const int X@1 = 0 ;\n"
+                      "2: std :: array < int , X@1 > Y@2 ;\n",
+                      tokenize(code));
+    }
+
     void varid_cppcast() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n1: const_cast < int * > ( code ) [ 0 ] = 0 ;\n",
                       tokenize("const_cast<int *>(code)[0] = 0;"));