diff --git a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/AbstractCodanProblemDetailsProvider.java b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/AbstractCodanProblemDetailsProvider.java
index 508d3101648..d55eb2fd3bb 100644
--- a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/AbstractCodanProblemDetailsProvider.java
+++ b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/AbstractCodanProblemDetailsProvider.java
@@ -111,15 +111,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodanProblemDetailsProvider {
 	public String getStyledProblemMessage() {
 		String message = escapeForLink(getProblemMessage());
 		String href = getLocationHRef();
-		String link = href.replaceFirst("^file:", ""); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-		link = link.replaceFirst("#(\\d+)$", ":$1"); //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$
-		return "<a href=\"" + href + "\">" + link + "</a> \n" + message; //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+		String link = getLocation();
+		return "<a href=\"" + href + "\">" + link + "</a> \n" + message + "\n"; //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
 	}
 
 	protected String getLocationHRef() {
 		return CodanEditorUtility.getLocationHRef(marker);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 1.1
+	 */
+	protected String getLocation() {
+		return CodanEditorUtility.getLocation(marker);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return styled problem description. This text would be used in Link
 	 * widget.
diff --git a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/CodanEditorUtility.java b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/CodanEditorUtility.java
index ace76961c61..a3b5abf3fe1 100644
--- a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/CodanEditorUtility.java
+++ b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/ui/CodanEditorUtility.java
@@ -113,4 +113,19 @@ public class CodanEditorUtility {
 		String href = loc + "#" + line; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		return href;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param marker
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.1
+	 */
+	public static String getLocation(IMarker marker) {
+		String loc = marker.getResource().getFullPath().toPortableString();
+		String loc2 = marker.getAttribute(IMarker.LOCATION, ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		int line = marker.getAttribute(IMarker.LINE_NUMBER, 0);
+		if (loc2.length() > 0) {
+			loc = loc2.replaceAll("[^:]*: ", ""); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ 
+		}
+		return loc + ":" + line; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
 }