diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
index 9ae1e0512cc..4ac2331ac42 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
@@ -5481,4 +5481,16 @@ public class AST2CPPTests extends AST2BaseTest {
     	assertTrue(binding instanceof IFunction);
     	assertFalse(binding instanceof IProblemBinding);
     }
+    
+
+
+
+	// #define _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(V) __attribute__ ((__visibility__ (#V)))
+	// #define _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(X) namespace X _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default) {
+	// _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std)
+    // } // end the namespace
+    public void testBug195701() throws Exception {
+    	StringBuffer buffer = getContents(1)[0];
+    	parse( buffer.toString(), ParserLanguage.CPP, true, true );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
index e5e8bff284e..ae95906461d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
@@ -2650,6 +2650,9 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
         } else
             name = createName();
 
+        // bug 195701, gcc 4.2 allows visibility attribute for namespaces.
+        __attribute_decl_seq(true, false);
+        
         if (LT(1) == IToken.tLBRACE) {
             consume();
             ICPPASTNamespaceDefinition namespaceDefinition = createNamespaceDefinition();