diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 7d32a11ffb2..5c7a1335e2d 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon May 15 11:46:29 2000  Donald Lindsay  <dlindsay@cygnus.com>
+
+	* semantics.c (begin_class_definition): make the packed
+	attribute be sensitive to the "-fpack-struct" command line flag
+
 2000-05-24  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* init.c (sort_member_init): Fix typo in error message generation
diff --git a/gcc/cp/semantics.c b/gcc/cp/semantics.c
index b5cf6890c1f..dbeb7f109f3 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/semantics.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/semantics.c
@@ -1946,6 +1946,7 @@ begin_class_definition (t)
   maybe_process_partial_specialization (t);
   pushclass (t, 1);
   TYPE_BEING_DEFINED (t) = 1;
+  TYPE_PACKED (t) = flag_pack_struct;
   /* Reset the interface data, at the earliest possible
      moment, as it might have been set via a class foo;
      before.  */