diff --git a/gdb/c-exp.y b/gdb/c-exp.y
index b6b57c8c4d4..44e8eeadd7a 100644
--- a/gdb/c-exp.y
+++ b/gdb/c-exp.y
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ static int type_aggregate_p (struct type *);
 static int parse_number (struct parser_state *par_state,
 			 const char *, int, int, YYSTYPE *);
 static struct stoken operator_stoken (const char *);
+static struct stoken typename_stoken (const char *);
 static void check_parameter_typelist (VEC (type_ptr) *);
 static void write_destructor_name (struct parser_state *par_state,
 				   struct stoken);
@@ -1643,9 +1644,21 @@ oper:	OPERATOR NEW
 			}
 	;
 
-
+/* This rule exists in order to allow some tokens that would not normally
+   match the 'name' rule to appear as fields within a struct.  The example
+   that initially motivated this was the RISC-V target which models the
+   floating point registers as a union with fields called 'float' and
+   'double'.  The 'float' string becomes a TYPENAME token and can appear
+   anywhere a 'name' can, however 'double' is its own token,
+   DOUBLE_KEYWORD, and doesn't match the 'name' rule.*/
 field_name
 	:	name
+	|	DOUBLE_KEYWORD { $$ = typename_stoken ("double"); }
+	|	INT_KEYWORD { $$ = typename_stoken ("int"); }
+	|	LONG { $$ = typename_stoken ("long"); }
+	|	SHORT { $$ = typename_stoken ("short"); }
+	|	SIGNED_KEYWORD { $$ = typename_stoken ("signed"); }
+	|	UNSIGNED { $$ = typename_stoken ("unsigned"); }
 	;
 
 name	:	NAME { $$ = $1.stoken; }
@@ -1718,6 +1731,16 @@ operator_stoken (const char *op)
   return st;
 };
 
+/* Returns a stoken of the type named TYPE.  */
+
+static struct stoken
+typename_stoken (const char *type)
+{
+  struct stoken st = { type, 0 };
+  st.length = strlen (type);
+  return st;
+};
+
 /* Return true if the type is aggregate-like.  */
 
 static int
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..091e475fb3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+struct foo
+{
+  int field;
+};
+
+struct foo obj = { 0 };
+
+struct foo *ptr = &obj;
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return obj.field;
+}
+
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6443acee249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unusual-field-names.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Test that GDB can support accesing fields of a structure if the
+# fields have non-standard names.  Specifically, if the names are
+# reserved C type names like 'double', 'float', 'int', etc.
+#
+# We don't expect to that such structures should be seen in real C
+# code, but in some cases GDB will generate artificial structures, and
+# in some cases, these type names are the obvious choice for field
+# names.
+#
+# One specific example is RISC-V, the 64-bit floating point registers
+# are represented as a structure with the field names 'float' and
+# 'double'.
+
+load_lib dwarf.exp
+
+# This test can only be run on targets which support DWARF-2 and use
+# gas.
+if {![dwarf2_support]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
+standard_testfile dw2-unusual-field-names.c dw2-unusual-field-names.S
+set asm_file [standard_output_file $srcfile2]
+
+# We need to know the size of integer and address types in order to
+# write some of the debugging info we'd like to generate.
+#
+# For that, we ask GDB by debugging our test program.  Any program
+# would do, but since we already have one specifically for this
+# testcase, might as well use that.
+if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile}] {
+    return -1
+}
+set int_size [get_sizeof "int" -1]
+
+# Rebuild the test binary with the single field within the structure
+# renamed to FIELD_NAME, then test that we can access the field
+# through '.' and through '->'.
+proc run_test { field_name } {
+    global asm_file testfile srcfile subdir srcdir
+    global int_size
+
+    Dwarf::assemble $asm_file {
+	global srcdir subdir srcfile
+	global field_name int_size
+
+	cu {} {
+	    DW_TAG_compile_unit {
+                {DW_AT_language @DW_LANG_C}
+                {DW_AT_name     dw2-unusual-field-names.c}
+                {DW_AT_comp_dir /tmp}
+	    } {
+		declare_labels itype ptype stype
+
+		itype: DW_TAG_base_type {
+		    {DW_AT_byte_size $int_size DW_FORM_sdata}
+		    {DW_AT_encoding  @DW_ATE_signed}
+		    {DW_AT_name int}
+		}
+
+		stype: DW_TAG_structure_type {
+		    {DW_AT_name "foo"}
+		    {DW_AT_byte_size $int_size DW_FORM_sdata}
+		} {
+		    member {
+			{name $field_name}
+			{type :$itype}
+			{data_member_location 0 data1}
+		    }
+		}
+
+		ptype: DW_TAG_pointer_type {
+		    {DW_AT_type :$stype}
+		}
+
+		DW_TAG_variable {
+		    {DW_AT_name obj}
+		    {DW_AT_type :$stype}
+		    {DW_AT_location {
+			DW_OP_addr [gdb_target_symbol obj]
+		    } SPECIAL_expr}
+		    {external 1 flag}
+		}
+
+		DW_TAG_variable {
+		    {DW_AT_name ptr}
+		    {DW_AT_type :$ptype}
+		    {DW_AT_location {
+			DW_OP_addr [gdb_target_symbol ptr]
+		    } SPECIAL_expr}
+		    {external 1 flag}
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} \
+	      [list $srcfile $asm_file] {nodebug}] } {
+	return -1
+    }
+
+    if ![runto_main] {
+	return -1
+    }
+
+    gdb_test "p obj.$field_name" " = 0" \
+	"access a field named '$field_name' directly"
+
+    gdb_test "p ptr->$field_name" " = 0" \
+	"access a field named '$field_name' through a pointer"
+
+    gdb_exit
+}
+
+foreach field_name { double float char byte long int short unsigned signed } {
+    run_test $field_name
+}
