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 7a2f18ffb50..b3c6b69fd7f 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
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestSuite;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ASTSignatureUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ASTTypeUtil;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.EScopeKind;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ExpansionOverlapsBoundaryException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTArrayDeclarator;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTArraySubscriptExpression;
@@ -7228,4 +7229,20 @@ public class AST2Tests extends AST2BaseTest {
 		parseAndCheckBindings(code, ParserLanguage.C, true);
 		parseAndCheckBindings(code, ParserLanguage.CPP, true);
 	}
+	
+	//	void test() {
+	//	    __builtin_va_list result;
+	//	}
+	public void testLocalVariableOfTypeVaList_313270() throws Exception {
+        final String code = getAboveComment();
+        BindingAssertionHelper bh= new BindingAssertionHelper(code, false);
+        IBinding var= bh.assertNonProblem("result", 0);
+        assertInstance(var, IVariable.class);
+        assertTrue(var.getScope().getKind() == EScopeKind.eLocal);
+
+        bh= new BindingAssertionHelper(code, true);
+        var= bh.assertNonProblem("result", 0);
+        assertInstance(var, IVariable.class);
+        assertTrue(var.getScope().getKind() == EScopeKind.eLocal);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider.java
index a13012b0b62..a284afe48ad 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider.java
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ASTNodeProperty;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBasicType;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBasicType.Kind;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IFunctionType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IParameter;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBasicType.Kind;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPFunctionType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPParameter;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.parser.IBuiltinBindingsProvider;
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider implements IBuiltinBindingsProvider {
     static final private  IType c_unsigned_int;
     static final private  IType c_unsigned_long;
     static final private  IType c_unsigned_long_long;
-    static final private  IFunctionType c_va_list;
+    static final private  IType c_va_list;
     static final private  IType c_void;
     static final private  IType c_void_p;
     static final private  IType c_void_p_r;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider implements IBuiltinBindingsProvider {
     static final private  IType cpp_unsigned_int;
     static final private  IType cpp_unsigned_long;
     static final private  IType cpp_unsigned_long_long;
-    static final private  IFunctionType cpp_va_list;
+    static final private  IType cpp_va_list;
     static final private  IType cpp_void;
     static final private  IType cpp_void_p;
     static final private  IType cpp_void_p_r;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public class GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider implements IBuiltinBindingsProvider {
 		c_unsigned_long = new CBasicType(Kind.eInt, IBasicType.IS_LONG | IBasicType.IS_UNSIGNED);
 		c_unsigned_long_long = new CBasicType(Kind.eInt, IBasicType.IS_LONG_LONG | IBasicType.IS_UNSIGNED);
 
-		c_va_list = new CFunctionType(c_char_p, new IType[0]); // assumed: char* va_list();
+		c_va_list = new CPointerType(new CFunctionType(c_char_p, new IType[0]), 0); // assumed: char* va_list();
 		c_size_t = c_unsigned_long; // assumed unsigned long int
 		
 		c_void = new CBasicType(Kind.eVoid, 0);
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ public class GCCBuiltinSymbolProvider implements IBuiltinBindingsProvider {
 		cpp_unsigned_long_long = new CPPBasicType(Kind.eInt, IBasicType.IS_UNSIGNED | IBasicType.IS_LONG_LONG, null);
 		
 		cpp_size_t = cpp_unsigned_long; // assumed unsigned long int
-		cpp_va_list = new CPPFunctionType(cpp_char_p, new IType[0]); // assumed: char* va_list();
+		cpp_va_list = new CPPPointerType(new CPPFunctionType(cpp_char_p, new IType[0])); // assumed: char* va_list();
 		
 		cpp_void = new CPPBasicType(Kind.eVoid, 0);
 		cpp_void_p = new CPPPointerType(cpp_void);