diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index f8f37a8efd7..d0948f9bbf2 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-02  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* include/bits/hashtable_policy.h: Correct namepace nesting for
+	_Hashtable forward declaration.
+
 2012-05-01  François Dumont  <fdumont@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR libstdc++/53115
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/hashtable_policy.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/hashtable_policy.h
index 3b4351027d9..a42d3d3179a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/hashtable_policy.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/hashtable_policy.h
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@
 
 namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default)
 {
+_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+
   template<typename _Key, typename _Value, typename _Alloc,
 	   typename _ExtractKey, typename _Equal,
 	   typename _H1, typename _H2, typename _Hash,
 	   typename _RehashPolicy, typename _Traits>
     class _Hashtable;
 
+_GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+
 namespace __detail
 {
 _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION