diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b683da295ef..a76fcbe6f88 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-10-14  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@redhat.com>
+
+	* g++.dg/other/exception-specification.C: New test
+
 2001-10-13  Tom Rix  <trix@redhat.com>
 
 	* gcc.c-torture/execute/990826-0.x: AIX XFAIL -msoft-float.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/exception-specification.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/exception-specification.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64807dd2677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/exception-specification.C
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// { dg-do compile }
+
+struct S { void f (void); };
+
+typedef void f1 (void) throw (int); // { dg-error "exception" }
+typedef void (*f2) (void) throw (int); // { dg-error "exception" }
+typedef void (S::*f3) (void) throw (int); // { dg-error "exception" }
+
+void (*f4) (void) throw (int);
+void (S::*f5) (void) throw (int);