diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index d8afbe58af..69b29c3aae 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-04-24  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.c++/classes.exp (ptype class A): Tolerate whitespace
+	variations.
+
 2001-04-22  Michael Chastain  <chastain@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.c++/local.exp: Use the 'runto' library function.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.c++/classes.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.c++/classes.exp
index 39bc275ba3..2e2e89cf8f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.c++/classes.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.c++/classes.exp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ proc test_ptype_class_objects {} {
     # it to print as "struct".
     send_gdb "ptype class A\n"
     gdb_expect {
-	-re "type = (class|struct) A \{(${ws}public:|)${ws}int a;${ws}int x;((${ws}A & operator=\\(A const &\\);)|(${ws}A\\(A const &\\);)|(${ws}A\\(void\\);))*${ws}\}$nl$gdb_prompt $" {
+	-re "type = (class|struct) A \{(${ws}public:|)${ws}int a;${ws}int x;((${ws}A & operator=\\(A const ?&\\);)|(${ws}A\\(A const ?&\\);)|(${ws}A\\(void\\);))*${ws}\}$nl$gdb_prompt $" {
 	    pass "ptype class A"
 	}
 	-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" {