diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 01604a81c7..959ff334d3 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-11  Andrew Burgess  <aburgess@broadcom.com>
+
+	* c-typeprint.c (c_type_print_varspec_prefix): Pass through the
+	passed_a_ptr flag when displaying typedef types.
+
 2012-09-10  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* ada-lang.c (coerce_unspec_val_to_type): Make sure that
diff --git a/gdb/c-typeprint.c b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
index c2a775ac73..b51ced88df 100644
--- a/gdb/c-typeprint.c
+++ b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ c_type_print_varspec_prefix (struct type *type,
 
     case TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF:
       c_type_print_varspec_prefix (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type),
-				   stream, show, 0, 0);
+				   stream, show, passed_a_ptr, 0);
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_UNDEF:
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e9db80fb75..e67eea6b81 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-09-11  Andrew Burgess  <aburgess@broadcom.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/ptype.exp: Test ptype on a pointer to a typedef.
+
 2012-09-10  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/optim_drec: New testcase.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
index c7bede212d..d5f967c2ca 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ if {!$gcc_compiled} then { setup_xfail "rs6000-*-*" "i*86-*-sysv4*" }
 if {$hp_aCC_compiler} {setup_xfail "hppa*-*-*"}
 gdb_test "ptype t_char_array" "type = (|unsigned )char \\\[0?\\\]"
 
+gdb_test "ptype pv_char_array" "type = (|unsigned )char \\(\\*\\)\\\[0?\\\]"
+
 #
 ##
 ## test ptype command with pointers