diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
index 4bdc144e3f5..2332410b4e1 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
@@ -5238,4 +5238,10 @@ public class AST2Tests extends AST2BaseTest {
 		parseAndCheckBindings(getAboveComment(), ParserLanguage.C, true);
 	}
 	
+	// enum __declspec(uuid("uuid")) bla { a, b};
+	public void testDeclspecInEnumSpecifier_bug241203() throws Exception  {
+		for (ParserLanguage lang : ParserLanguage.values()) {
+			parseAndCheckBindings(getAboveComment(), lang, true);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser.java
index b5347efa5aa..97aaf5fcc7a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser.java
@@ -1260,6 +1260,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser implements ISourceCodeParser {
         final IToken mark= mark();
         final int offset= consume().getOffset();
 
+        // if __attribute__ or __declspec occurs after struct/union/class and before the identifier        
+        __attribute_decl_seq(supportAttributeSpecifiers, supportDeclspecSpecifiers);
+
         IASTName name;
         if (LT(1) == IToken.tIDENTIFIER) {
             name= createName(identifier());
@@ -2215,21 +2218,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser implements ISourceCodeParser {
     
     protected void __declspec() throws BacktrackException, EndOfFileException {
     	IToken token = LA(1);
-
     	if (token.getType() == IGCCToken.t__declspec) {
     		consume();
-
-    		token = LA(1);
-
-    		if (token.getType() == IToken.tLPAREN) {
-    			consume();
-    			while(true) {
-    				token = LA(1);
-    				consume();
-    				if (token.getType() == IToken.tRPAREN) {
-    					break;
-    				}
-    			}
+    		if (LT(1) == IToken.tLPAREN) {
+    	    	skipBrackets(IToken.tLPAREN, IToken.tRPAREN);
     		}
     	}
     }