diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization.java
index b20a0b84d69..c1a0be272e5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization.java
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
  * Contributors:
  *     Andrew Niefer (IBM) - Initial API and implementation
  *     Markus Schorn (Wind River Systems)
+ *     Sergey Prigogin (Google)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ASTTypeUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
@@ -74,4 +77,21 @@ public class CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization extends CPPFunctionSpecialization
 	public IBinding resolveTemplateParameter(ICPPTemplateParameter param) {
 		return param;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+		if (obj == this)
+			return true;
+		if (!getClass().equals(obj.getClass()))
+			return false;
+		CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization other = (CPPFunctionTemplateSpecialization) obj;
+		return Objects.equals(getSpecializedBinding(), other.getSpecializedBinding())
+				&& Objects.equals(getOwner(), other.getOwner())
+				&& Objects.equals(getTemplateParameterMap(), other.getTemplateParameterMap());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return Objects.hash(getSpecializedBinding(), getOwner(), getTemplateParameterMap());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPMethodTemplateSpecialization.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPMethodTemplateSpecialization.java
index b426974d607..0eb4494a6f5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPMethodTemplateSpecialization.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPMethodTemplateSpecialization.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *     Markus Schorn (Wind River Systems)
  *     Thomas Corbat (IFS)
  *     Nathan Ridge
+ *     Sergey Prigogin (Google)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp;
 
@@ -111,4 +112,14 @@ public class CPPMethodTemplateSpecialization extends CPPFunctionTemplateSpeciali
 	public ICPPClassSpecialization getOwner() {
 		return (ICPPClassSpecialization) super.getOwner();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Overridden to emphasize that {@link #fTemplateParameters} does not participate in the equality
+	 * relationship. 
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+		return super.equals(obj);
+	}
 }