diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 3435016603ecbdda6392870b1d0c62589a46905e..2376d13948de153ae410f0b05eb238840c58d7a0 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-08  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	* parser.c (cp_parser_primary_expression): See through explicitly
+	scoped ALIAS_DECLs, too.
+
 2003-01-08  Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* decl.c: ANSIfy function declarations.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parser.c b/gcc/cp/parser.c
index f5ada05c0e4925e4697532284e43af28affb5920..e88045dc117c09e31a71ff3cb68faf08ed1b6051 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parser.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/parser.c
@@ -3023,14 +3023,15 @@ cp_parser_primary_expression (cp_parser *parser,
 		if (TREE_CODE (decl) == FIELD_DECL || BASELINK_P (decl))
 		  *qualifying_class = parser->scope;
 	      }
-	    /* Resolve references to variables of anonymous unions
-	       into COMPONENT_REFs.  */
-	    else if (TREE_CODE (decl) == ALIAS_DECL)
-	      decl = DECL_INITIAL (decl);
 	    else
 	      /* Transform references to non-static data members into
 		 COMPONENT_REFs.  */
 	      decl = hack_identifier (decl, id_expression);
+
+	    /* Resolve references to variables of anonymous unions
+	       into COMPONENT_REFs.  */
+	    if (TREE_CODE (decl) == ALIAS_DECL)
+	      decl = DECL_INITIAL (decl);
 	  }
 
 	if (TREE_DEPRECATED (decl))
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/lookup/anon3.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/lookup/anon3.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2523e0a7dd5f75f64a58077c5421c58df694e28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/lookup/anon3.C
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Test that anonymous unions work with explicit scope.
+
+static union
+{
+  int i;
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+  return ::i;
+}