diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index fcfb7f30a615b7c00597d7006fe3f1862de57ba0..57d01106da320fe79f4be2fa2090e64719efc984 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-05-30  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
+	PR c++/27808
+	* parser.c (cp_parser_decl_specifier_seq): Issue errors about
+	"friend" specifiers that do not appear in class scopes.
+
 	PR c++/27803
 	* class.c (check_bitfield_decl): Ensure that all bitfields have
 	integral type.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parser.c b/gcc/cp/parser.c
index 60a53c8076adcb5fb9aa23ae4835657b5a1c3e1e..98d4c5eedb9fe7b98bed85a691cb0e870262df10 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parser.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/parser.c
@@ -7425,9 +7425,17 @@ cp_parser_decl_specifier_seq (cp_parser* parser,
 	  /* decl-specifier:
 	       friend  */
 	case RID_FRIEND:
-	  ++decl_specs->specs[(int) ds_friend];
-	  /* Consume the token.  */
-	  cp_lexer_consume_token (parser->lexer);
+	  if (!at_class_scope_p ())
+	    {
+	      error ("%<friend%> used outside of class");
+	      cp_lexer_purge_token (parser->lexer);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      ++decl_specs->specs[(int) ds_friend];
+	      /* Consume the token.  */
+	      cp_lexer_consume_token (parser->lexer);
+	    }
 	  break;
 
 	  /* function-specifier:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 3b8f323ba73b281fa4e99ada82a4057f9b28688e..6946b7d89dadc734276da7bc21f8777a714e1436 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-30  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	PR c++/27808
+	* g++.dg/parse/friend6.C: New test.
+
 2006-05-30  Asher Langton  <langton2@llnl.gov>
 
 	* gfortran.dg/cray_pointers_7.f90: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/friend6.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/friend6.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d13606cb202befd8d08191f347529f8f3a37e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/friend6.C
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// PR c++/27808
+
+template<typename T> friend void T::foo; // { dg-error "friend|invalid" }