diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/SelectionParseTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/SelectionParseTest.java
index 01160620e8b..ddf37729a08 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/SelectionParseTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/SelectionParseTest.java
@@ -304,4 +304,14 @@ public class SelectionParseTest extends SelectionParseBaseTest {
 		IASTNode node = parse( code, startIndex, startIndex + 5 );
 		assertNotNull( node );
 	}
+	
+	public void testBug68527() throws Exception
+	{
+		Writer writer = new StringWriter();
+		writer.write("struct X;\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		writer.write("struct X anA;"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		String code = writer.toString();
+		int startIndex = code.indexOf( "X anA"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		parse( code, startIndex, startIndex + 1 );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
index df58e350e0c..9ba4f464527 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
@@ -1939,8 +1939,11 @@ public abstract class Parser extends ExpressionParser implements IParser
 		sdw.setTypeSpecifier(elaboratedTypeSpec);
 
 		if (isForewardDecl)
+		{
 			((IASTElaboratedTypeSpecifier) elaboratedTypeSpec).acceptElement(
 					requestor, astFactory.getReferenceManager());
+			handleOffsetableNamedElement((IASTOffsetableNamedElement) elaboratedTypeSpec);
+		}
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Parses the initDeclarator construct of the ANSI C++ spec.