diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
index e3d466492c0..e4390872b85 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
@@ -10968,4 +10968,20 @@ public class AST2TemplateTests extends AST2CPPTestBase {
 	public void testNonTypePackExpansion_540538() throws Exception {
 		parseAndCheckBindings();
 	}
+
+	//	template<class>
+	//	struct foo{
+	//	    template<class>
+	//	    struct apply{
+	//	    };
+	//	};
+	//	template <template <class> class F> struct capture {};
+	//	template <class F> using forward = capture<foo<F>::template apply>;
+	//	struct dummy1 {};
+	//	using bar = forward<dummy1>;
+	//	template <class> struct dummy2 {};
+	//	using trigger = dummy2<bar>;
+	public void testDependentTemplateTemplateArgument_540450() throws Exception {
+		parseAndCheckBindings();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPASTTemplateName.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPASTTemplateName.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c26d13182c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPASTTemplateName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2018
+ * 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
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTName;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents template names which use the template disambiguator
+ * keyword.
+ *
+ * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
+ * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
+ * @since 9.6
+ */
+public interface ICPPASTTemplateName extends ICPPASTName {
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPNodeFactory.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPNodeFactory.java
index 132d0a9b4a4..d81bed2e744 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPNodeFactory.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPNodeFactory.java
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ public interface ICPPNodeFactory extends INodeFactory {
 	@Override
 	public ICPPASTName newName(String name);
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 9.6
+	 */
+	public ICPPASTTemplateName newTemplateName(char[] templateName);
+
 	/**
 	 * @since 5.11
 	 */
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTTemplateName.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTTemplateName.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b6a5b5934a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPASTTemplateName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2018
+ * 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
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTTemplateName;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a template name.
+ */
+public class CPPASTTemplateName extends CPPASTName implements ICPPASTTemplateName {
+	public CPPASTTemplateName(char[] name) {
+		super(name);
+	}
+
+	public CPPASTTemplateName() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public CPPASTTemplateName copy() {
+		return copy(CopyStyle.withoutLocations);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public CPPASTTemplateName copy(CopyStyle style) {
+		CPPASTTemplateName copy = new CPPASTTemplateName(
+				toCharArray() == null ? null : toCharArray().clone());
+		return copy(copy, style);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPNodeFactory.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPNodeFactory.java
index 834f34a25c8..11498eba58e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPNodeFactory.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPNodeFactory.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTBinaryExpression;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCapture;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCastExpression;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCatchHandler;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTTemplateName;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTClassVirtSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCompositeTypeSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCompositeTypeSpecifier.ICPPASTBaseSpecifier;
@@ -583,6 +584,11 @@ public class CPPNodeFactory extends NodeFactory implements ICPPNodeFactory {
 		return newName(name.toCharArray());
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public ICPPASTTemplateName newTemplateName(char[] templateName) {
+		return new CPPASTTemplateName(templateName);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public ICPPASTNamedTypeSpecifier newNamedTypeSpecifier(IASTName name) {
 		return new CPPASTNamedTypeSpecifier(name);
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 b330ed8b6f3..08ea653ca0c 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
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTAttributeList;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCapture;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCastExpression;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCatchHandler;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTTemplateName;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTClassVirtSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCompositeTypeSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCompositeTypeSpecifier.ICPPASTBaseSpecifier;
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
 		case IToken.tIDENTIFIER:
 		case IToken.tCOMPLETION:
 		case IToken.tEOC:
-			return buildName(-1, consume());
+			return buildName(-1, consume(), false);
 		}
 
 		throw backtrack;
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
 			case IToken.tCOMPLETION:
 			case IToken.tEOC:
 				IToken nt= consume();
-				nameSpec = (ICPPASTName) buildName(destructorOffset, nt);
+				nameSpec = (ICPPASTName) buildName(destructorOffset, nt, keywordTemplate);
 				break;
 
 			case IToken.t_operator:
@@ -436,10 +437,14 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
 			qname.addNameSpecifier(nameSpec);
 	}
 
-	private IASTName buildName(int destructorOffset, IToken nt) {
+	private IASTName buildName(int destructorOffset, IToken nt, boolean keywordTemplate) {
 		IASTName name;
 		if (destructorOffset < 0) {
-			name= getNodeFactory().newName(nt.getCharImage());
+			if (keywordTemplate) {
+				name= getNodeFactory().newTemplateName(nt.getCharImage());
+			} else {
+				name= getNodeFactory().newName(nt.getCharImage());
+			}
 			setRange(name, nt.getOffset(), nt.getEndOffset());
 		} else {
 			char[] nchars= nt.getCharImage();
@@ -2266,7 +2271,7 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
 	private IASTDeclaration aliasDeclaration(final int offset) throws EndOfFileException,
 			BacktrackException {
 		IToken identifierToken = consume();
-		IASTName aliasName = buildName(-1, identifierToken);
+		IASTName aliasName = buildName(-1, identifierToken, false);
 
 		List<IASTAttributeSpecifier> attributes = attributeSpecifierSeq();
 
@@ -3439,6 +3444,10 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
 					if (identifier.getLookupKey().length == 0 && LT(1) != IToken.tEOC)
 						throwBacktrack(LA(1));
 
+					if (identifier.getLastName() instanceof ICPPASTTemplateName) {
+						isTypename = true;
+					}
+
 					endOffset= calculateEndOffset(identifier);
 					encounteredTypename= true;
 					break;