diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.properties
index 356cea095b7..191ab498eb4 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ HideUsingDirective.description= Hides using directives
 HideMacroDirective.label= Macro directive
 HideMacroDirective.description= Hides Macro directives
 
+HideAnonymousStruct.label= Anonymous structs and enums
+HideAnonymousStruct.navigator.label= C/C++ anonymous structs and enums
+HideAnonymousStruct.description= Hides all anonymous structs and enums
+
 ForwardDeclarationFilter.label= Forward declaration
 ForwardDeclarationFilter.description= Hides forward declarations, unless found in a header file.
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.xml
index 1a725d0292a..5862843fc1a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters.NonCElementFilter"
             id="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.CView.NonCElementFilter">
       </filter>
+      <filter
+            targetId="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CView"
+            name="%HideAnonymousStruct.label"
+            enabled="true"
+            description="%HideAnonymousStruct.description"
+            class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters.AnonymousStructFilter"
+            id="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.CView.AnonymousStructFilter">
+      </filter>
 <!-- C/C++ Outline Page -->
       <filter
             targetId="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.COutlinePage"
@@ -160,6 +168,14 @@
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters.ForwardDeclarationFilter"
             id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.COutlinePage.ForwardDeclarationFilter">
       </filter>
+      <filter
+            targetId="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.COutlinePage"
+            name="%HideAnonymousStruct.label"
+            enabled="false"
+            description="%HideAnonymousStruct.description"
+            class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters.AnonymousStructFilter"
+            id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.COutlinePage.AnonymousStructFilter">
+      </filter>
 <!-- Asm Outline Page -->
       <filter
             targetId="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.AsmOutlinePage"
@@ -3805,6 +3821,12 @@
           description="%HideNonCElements.description"
           id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.navigator.filters.NonCElementFilter"
           name="%HideNonCElements.label"/>
+    <commonFilter
+          activeByDefault="true"
+          class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters.AnonymousStructFilter"
+          description="%HideAnonymousStruct.description"
+          id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.navigator.filters.AnonymousStructFilter"
+          name="%HideAnonymousStruct.navigator.label"/>
   </extension>
   <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.linkHelper">
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/filters/AnonymousStructFilter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/filters/AnonymousStructFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2d9ddc8df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/filters/AnonymousStructFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2011 Andrew Gvozdev and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Andrew Gvozdev - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.filters;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerFilter;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CElement;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.Enumeration;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.Structure;
+
+/**
+ * Filters out anonymous structs and enums.
+ */
+public class AnonymousStructFilter  extends ViewerFilter {
+	/**
+	 * Returns the result of this filter, when applied to the
+	 * given inputs.
+	 *
+	 * @return Returns true if element should be included in filtered set
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean select(Viewer viewer, Object parent, Object element) {
+		if (element instanceof Structure || element instanceof Enumeration) {
+			return !((CElement) element).getElementName().isEmpty();
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+}
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