diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPImplicitMethod.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPImplicitMethod.java
index d6ef1f47f4f..5846785e2b3 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPImplicitMethod.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPImplicitMethod.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCompositeTypeSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTFunctionDeclarator;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTVisiblityLabel;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPClassScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.CharArrayUtils;
 
@@ -92,6 +93,22 @@ public class CPPImplicitMethod extends CPPMethod {
 		return scope;
 	}
 	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IFunction#getFunctionScope()
+	 */
+	public IScope getFunctionScope() {
+	    return null;
+	}
+	
+	public int getVisibility() throws DOMException {
+		IASTDeclaration decl = getPrimaryDeclaration();
+		if( decl == null ) {
+		    //12.1-5, 12.8-10 Implicitl constructors and assignment operators are public
+		    return ICPPASTVisiblityLabel.v_public;
+		} 
+		return super.getVisibility();
+    }
+	
 	public IBinding resolveParameter( IASTParameterDeclaration param ){
     	IASTName name = param.getDeclarator().getName();
     	IParameter binding = (IParameter) name.getBinding();