diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 87a928f8d44..932e09de7c0 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-11-29  Andrew Pinski  <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
+
+	PR c/18479
+	* c-common.c (handle_visibility_attribute): When the type decl
+	is really a identifier node, warn about being ignored and return.
+
 2004-11-29  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* tree-cfg.c (tree_node_can_be_shared): Fix typo'd error_mark_node.
diff --git a/gcc/c-common.c b/gcc/c-common.c
index bfefeb231dc..62aaa27b16b 100644
--- a/gcc/c-common.c
+++ b/gcc/c-common.c
@@ -4571,6 +4571,12 @@ handle_visibility_attribute (tree *node, tree name, tree args,
       decl = TYPE_NAME (decl);
       if (!decl)
         return NULL_TREE;
+      if (TREE_CODE (decl) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
+	{
+	   warning ("%qE attribute ignored on types",
+		    name);
+	   return NULL_TREE;
+	}
     }
 
   if (strcmp (TREE_STRING_POINTER (id), "default") == 0)
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 9856c5434f9..885b98019cb 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-29  Andrew Pinski  <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
+
+	PR c/18479
+	* gcc.dg/pr18479.c: New test.
+
 2004-11-29  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
 
 	PR target/18490
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr18479.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr18479.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..493574e8a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr18479.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "" } */
+struct __attribute__ ((visibility("default"))) Foo { int foo; }; /* { dg-warning "attribute ignored on types" } */