diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 1cc29702bd2..ee7bcdc24a5 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2019-05-10  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
+	PR libstdc++/81266
+	* testsuite/util/thread/all.h: Do not use remove_pointer for
+	std::thread::native_handle_type.
+
 	PR libstdc++/90397
 	* include/std/variant (_Variant_storage<false, Types...>::_M_storage())
 	(_Variant_storage<true, Types...>::_M_reset()))
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/util/thread/all.h b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/util/thread/all.h
index e5794fa4a97..2aacae4f2fc 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/util/thread/all.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/util/thread/all.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <thread>
 
 // C++11 only.
 namespace __gnu_test
@@ -39,7 +40,12 @@ namespace __gnu_test
 
       // Remove possible pointer type.
       typedef typename test_type::native_handle_type native_handle;
-      typedef typename std::remove_pointer<native_handle>::type native_type;
+      // For std::thread native_handle_type is the type of its data member,
+      // for other types it's a pointer to the type of the data member.
+      typedef typename std::conditional<
+	std::is_same<test_type, std::thread>::value,
+	native_handle,
+	typename std::remove_pointer<native_handle>::type>::type native_type;
 
       int st = sizeof(test_type);
       int snt = sizeof(native_type);