diff --git a/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethod.kt b/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethod.kt
index 59c586be0..e8148b29e 100644
--- a/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethod.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethod.kt
@@ -37,15 +37,23 @@ class LongMethod(
             Debt.TWENTY_MINS)
 
     private val functionToLinesCache = HashMap<KtNamedFunction, Int>()
+    private val functionToBodyLinesCache = HashMap<KtNamedFunction, Int>()
     private val nestedFunctionTracking = IdentityHashMap<KtNamedFunction, HashSet<KtNamedFunction>>()
 
     override fun preVisit(root: KtFile) {
         functionToLinesCache.clear()
+        functionToBodyLinesCache.clear()
         nestedFunctionTracking.clear()
     }
 
     override fun postVisit(root: KtFile) {
-        for ((function, lines) in functionToLinesCache) {
+        val functionToLines = HashMap<KtNamedFunction, Int>()
+        functionToLinesCache.map { (function, lines) ->
+            val isNested = function.getStrictParentOfType<KtNamedFunction>() != null
+            if (isNested) functionToLines[function] = functionToBodyLinesCache[function] ?: 0
+            else functionToLines[function] = lines
+        }
+        for ((function, lines) in functionToLines) {
             if (lines >= threshold) {
                 report(
                     ThresholdedCodeSmell(
@@ -61,10 +69,12 @@ class LongMethod(
     }
 
     override fun visitNamedFunction(function: KtNamedFunction) {
-        val lines = function.linesOfCode()
+        val parentMethods = function.getStrictParentOfType<KtNamedFunction>()
+        val bodyEntity = function.bodyBlockExpression ?: function.bodyExpression
+        val lines = (if (parentMethods != null) function else bodyEntity)?.linesOfCode() ?: 0
         functionToLinesCache[function] = lines
-        function.getStrictParentOfType<KtNamedFunction>()
-                ?.let { nestedFunctionTracking.getOrPut(it) { HashSet() }.add(function) }
+        functionToBodyLinesCache[function] = bodyEntity?.linesOfCode() ?: 0
+        parentMethods?.let { nestedFunctionTracking.getOrPut(it) { HashSet() }.add(function) }
         super.visitNamedFunction(function)
         findAllNestedFunctions(function)
                 .fold(0) { acc, next -> acc + (functionToLinesCache[next] ?: 0) }
diff --git a/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethodSpec.kt b/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethodSpec.kt
index f52b09b5a..8ecfc7423 100644
--- a/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethodSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/LongMethodSpec.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.complexity
 
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ThresholdedCodeSmell
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.assertThat
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.compileAndLint
 import org.spekframework.spek2.Spek
@@ -44,5 +45,108 @@ class LongMethodSpec : Spek({
 
             assertThat(subject.compileAndLint(code)).isEmpty()
         }
+
+        it("should not find too long method with params on newlines") {
+            val code = """
+                fun methodWithParams(
+                    param1: String
+                ) { // 4 lines
+                    println()
+                    println()
+                }
+            """
+
+            assertThat(subject.compileAndLint(code)).isEmpty()
+        }
+
+        it("should find too long method with params on newlines") {
+            val code = """
+                fun longMethodWithParams(
+                    param1: String
+                ) { // 5 lines
+                    println()
+                    println()
+                    println()
+                }
+            """
+
+            val findings = subject.compileAndLint(code)
+
+            assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+            assertThat(findings[0] as ThresholdedCodeSmell).hasValue(5)
+        }
+
+        it("should find long method with method call with params on separate lines") {
+            val code = """
+                fun longMethod( 
+                    x1: Int,
+                    x2: Int,
+                    y1: Int,
+                    y2: Int
+                ) { // 8 lines
+                    listOf(
+                        x1,
+                        y1,
+                        x2,
+                        y2
+                    )
+                }
+            """
+
+            val findings = subject.compileAndLint(code)
+
+            assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+            assertThat(findings[0] as ThresholdedCodeSmell).hasValue(8)
+        }
+
+        it("should find two long methods with params on separate lines") {
+            val code = """
+                fun longMethod(
+                    param1: String
+                ) { // 5 lines
+                    println()
+                    println()
+                    println()
+            
+                    fun nestedLongMethod(
+                        param1: String
+                    ) { // 5 lines
+                        println()
+                        println()
+                        println()
+                    }
+                }
+            """
+
+            val findings = subject.compileAndLint(code)
+
+            assertThat(findings).hasSize(2)
+            assertThat(findings).hasTextLocations("longMethod", "nestedLongMethod")
+        }
+
+        it("should find nested long methods with params on separate lines") {
+            val code = """
+                fun longMethod(
+                    param1: String
+                ) { // 4 lines
+                    println()
+                    println()
+            
+                    fun nestedLongMethod(
+                        param1: String
+                    ) { // 5 lines
+                        println()
+                        println()
+                        println()
+                    }
+                }
+            """
+
+            val findings = subject.compileAndLint(code)
+
+            assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+            assertThat(findings).hasTextLocations("nestedLongMethod")
+            assertThat(findings[0] as ThresholdedCodeSmell).hasValue(5)
+        }
     }
 })