diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index d2908c20a66..88f33d7b84c 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-06-16  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	PR c++/59682
+	* parser.c (cp_parser_new_placement): Reject an empty expression-list.
+
 2015-06-16  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
 	PR c++/66536
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parser.c b/gcc/cp/parser.c
index 15b920a1fe9..b8218714f6d 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parser.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/parser.c
@@ -7560,6 +7560,9 @@ cp_parser_new_placement (cp_parser* parser)
 		      /*allow_expansion_p=*/true,
 		      /*non_constant_p=*/NULL));
 
+  if (expression_list && expression_list->is_empty ())
+    error ("expected expression-list or type-id");
+
   return expression_list;
 }
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 918cf5283c8..76870d374f6 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-06-16  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	PR c++/59682
+	* g++.dg/parse/new-placement1.C: New.
+
 2015-06-16  David Malcolm  <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
 
 	* jit.dg/all-non-failing-tests.h: Add test-compound-assignment.c.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/new-placement1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/new-placement1.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..713690d897b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/new-placement1.C
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// PR c++/59682
+
+int* p = new() int;  // { dg-error "expected expression-list or type-id" }