diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 81b1008bb2..cdf7db72fe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ contributors:
 
 * Frank Harrison (doublethefish): contributor
 
+* Gauthier Sebaux: contributor
+
 * Logan Miller (komodo472): contributor
 
 * Matthew Suozzo: contributor
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e3183ec5df..a12f631f6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ Release date: TBA
 
   Close #3314
 
+* `generated-members` now matches the qualified name of members
+
+  Close #2498
+
 What's New in Pylint 2.6.0?
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/typecheck.py b/pylint/checkers/typecheck.py
index 055292a609..e135f6e94d 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/typecheck.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/typecheck.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from functools import singledispatch
+from typing import Pattern, Tuple
 
 import astroid
 import astroid.arguments
@@ -855,17 +856,20 @@ class should be ignored. A mixin class is detected if its name ends with \
     def _suggestion_mode(self):
         return get_global_option(self, "suggestion-mode", default=True)
 
-    def open(self):
-        # do this in open since config not fully initialized in __init__
+    @decorators.cachedproperty
+    def _compiled_generated_members(self) -> Tuple[Pattern, ...]:
+        # do this lazily since config not fully initialized in __init__
         # generated_members may contain regular expressions
         # (surrounded by quote `"` and followed by a comma `,`)
         # REQUEST,aq_parent,"[a-zA-Z]+_set{1,2}"' =>
         # ('REQUEST', 'aq_parent', '[a-zA-Z]+_set{1,2}')
-        if isinstance(self.config.generated_members, str):
-            gen = shlex.shlex(self.config.generated_members)
+        generated_members = self.config.generated_members
+        if isinstance(generated_members, str):
+            gen = shlex.shlex(generated_members)
             gen.whitespace += ","
             gen.wordchars += r"[]-+\.*?()|"
-            self.config.generated_members = tuple(tok.strip('"') for tok in gen)
+            generated_members = tuple(tok.strip('"') for tok in gen)
+        return tuple(re.compile(exp) for exp in generated_members)
 
     @check_messages("keyword-arg-before-vararg")
     def visit_functiondef(self, node):
@@ -919,12 +923,12 @@ def visit_attribute(self, node):
 
         function/method, super call and metaclasses are ignored
         """
-        for pattern in self.config.generated_members:
-            # attribute is marked as generated, stop here
-            if re.match(pattern, node.attrname):
-                return
-            if re.match(pattern, node.as_string()):
-                return
+        if any(
+            pattern.match(name)
+            for name in (node.attrname, node.as_string())
+            for pattern in self._compiled_generated_members
+        ):
+            return
 
         try:
             inferred = list(node.expr.infer())
@@ -955,6 +959,12 @@ def visit_attribute(self, node):
             ):
                 continue
 
+            qualname = "{}.{}".format(owner.pytype(), node.attrname)
+            if any(
+                pattern.match(qualname) for pattern in self._compiled_generated_members
+            ):
+                return
+
             try:
                 if not [
                     n
diff --git a/tests/functional/g/generated_members.py b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.py
index 802ebaf8f6..b79c008dda 100644
--- a/tests/functional/g/generated_members.py
+++ b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class Klass(object):
 
 print(Klass().DoesNotExist)
 print(Klass().aBC_set1)
+print(Klass().ham.does.not_.exist)
+print(Klass().spam.does.not_.exist)  # [no-member]
 node_classes.Tuple.does.not_.exist
 checkers.base.doesnotexist()
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/g/generated_members.rc b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.rc
index 177eca955e..8b61b4996b 100644
--- a/tests/functional/g/generated_members.rc
+++ b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.rc
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 disable=too-few-public-methods,print-statement
 
 [typecheck]
-generated-members=DoesNotExist,"[a-zA-Z]+_set{1,2}",node_classes.Tuple.*,checkers.*?base,(session|SESSION).rollback
+generated-members=
+    \Afunctional\.g\.generated_members\.Klass\.ham\Z,
+    DoesNotExist,
+    "[a-zA-Z]+_set{1,2}",
+    node_classes.Tuple.*,
+    checkers.*?base,
+    (session|SESSION).rollback
diff --git a/tests/functional/g/generated_members.txt b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28e793c322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/g/generated_members.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no-member:13:6::Instance of 'Klass' has no 'spam' member:INFERENCE