diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index beaf19a913d..a6ecc50a3a5 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-02  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	PR c++/5132
+	* decl2.c (reparse_absdcl_as_casts): Don't digest_init if we
+	are processing a template decl.
+
 2002-01-02  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/5116, c++/764
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl2.c b/gcc/cp/decl2.c
index cde4e698655..401ccbf20f3 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl2.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl2.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Process declarations and variables for C compiler.
    Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-   1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Hacked by Michael Tiemann (tiemann@cygnus.com)
 
 This file is part of GNU CC.
@@ -3622,12 +3622,16 @@ reparse_absdcl_as_casts (decl, expr)
       type = groktypename (TREE_VALUE (CALL_DECLARATOR_PARMS (decl)));
       decl = TREE_OPERAND (decl, 0);
 
-      expr = digest_init (type, expr, (tree *) 0);
-      if (TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE && !COMPLETE_TYPE_P (type))
+      if (processing_template_decl)
+	expr = build_min (CONSTRUCTOR, type, decl, CONSTRUCTOR_ELTS (expr));
+      else
 	{
-	  int failure = complete_array_type (type, expr, 1);
-	  if (failure)
-	    my_friendly_abort (78);
+	  expr = digest_init (type, expr, (tree *) 0);
+	  if (TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE && !COMPLETE_TYPE_P (type))
+	    {
+	      int failure = complete_array_type (type, expr, 1);
+	      my_friendly_assert (!failure, 78);
+	    }
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index dc7029de44e..1e0e6038371 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-02  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* g++.dg/template/ctor1.C: New test.
+
 2002-01-02  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* g++.dg/template/friend2.C: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ctor1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ctor1.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceae7409e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ctor1.C
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// { dg-do compile }
+
+// Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+// Contributed by Nathan Sidwell 31 Dec 2001 <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+// PR 5132. ICE on struct constructors in templates.
+
+// snippets from bits/huge_val.h
+
+#define __HUGE_VAL_bytes        { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xf0, 0x7f }
+#define __huge_val_t    union { unsigned char __c[8]; double __d; }
+#define HUGE_VAL       (__extension__ \
+  ((__huge_val_t) { __c: __HUGE_VAL_bytes }).__d)
+
+void foo( const int&) {
+  HUGE_VAL; // no problem here
+}
+
+template <class F>
+void Tfoo( const F&) {
+  HUGE_VAL; // g++ fails here
+}