diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b57f955715..f05ca2016d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ examples/cross_calculator/android/tags
 /tests/caas/idetools_api
 /tests/caas/imported
 /tests/caas/issue_416
+/tests/caas/issue_452
 /tests/caas/main
 /tests/caasdriver
 /tools/nimgrep
diff --git a/tests/caas/issue_452.nim b/tests/caas/issue_452.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46cff6241d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/caas/issue_452.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const
+  VERSION_STR1* = "0.5.0" ## Idetools shifts this one column.
+  VERSION_STR2 = "0.5.0" ## This one is ok.
+  VERSION_STR3* = "0.5.0" ## Bad.
+  VERSION_STR4 = "0.5.0" ## Ok.
+
+proc forward1*(): string = result = ""
+proc forward2(): string = result = ""
diff --git a/tests/caas/issue_452.txt b/tests/caas/issue_452.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5db60516cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/caas/issue_452.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+issue_452.nim
+> c
+SuccessX
+> idetools --track:issue_452.nim,2,2 --def
+def\tskConst\tissue_452.VERSION_STR1\tstring
+> idetools --track:issue_452.nim,3,2 --def
+def\tskConst\tissue_452.VERSION_STR2\tstring
+> idetools --track:issue_452.nim,7,5 --def
+def\tskProc\tissue_452.forward1\tproc \(\): string\t
+> idetools --track:issue_452.nim,8,5 --def
+def\tskProc\tissue_452.forward2\tproc \(\): string\t