diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/visitors/CognitiveComplexityVisitor.java b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/visitors/CognitiveComplexityVisitor.java
index 3ae4d16a94..03b1b5bb4c 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/visitors/CognitiveComplexityVisitor.java
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/visitors/CognitiveComplexityVisitor.java
@@ -122,4 +122,15 @@ public class CognitiveComplexityVisitor extends ApexParserVisitorAdapter {
 
         return data;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTTernaryExpression node, Object data) {
+        State state = (State) data;
+
+        state.increaseNestingLevel();
+        super.visit(node, data);
+        state.decreaseNestingLevel();
+
+        return data;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/xml/CognitiveComplexityTest.xml b/pmd-apex/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/xml/CognitiveComplexityTest.xml
index 2f2410aede..300c7d1450 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/xml/CognitiveComplexityTest.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/metrics/impl/xml/CognitiveComplexityTest.xml
@@ -271,4 +271,23 @@
             ]]>
         </code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Ternary operators cause nesting</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-messages>
+            <message>'c__Foo#foo(Integer)' has value 3.</message>
+        </expected-messages>
+        <code>
+            <![CDATA[
+            class Foo {
+              Integer foo(Integer n) {
+                return n < 0 ?          // +1
+                  -1 : n > 0 ?          // +2
+                  1 : 0;
+              }
+            }
+            ]]>
+        </code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>
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