diff --git a/gdb/block.c b/gdb/block.c
index 79a8f19..93ed6e7 100644
--- a/gdb/block.c
+++ b/gdb/block.c
@@ -739,13 +739,21 @@ block_lookup_symbol (const struct block *block, const  
char *name,

    if (!BLOCK_FUNCTION (block))
      {
+      struct symbol *other = NULL;
+
        ALL_BLOCK_SYMBOLS_WITH_NAME (block, name, iter, sym)
  	{
+	  if (SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) == domain)
+	    return sym;
+	  /* This is a bit of a hack, but symbol_matches_domain might ignore
+	     STRUCT vs VAR domain symbols.  So if a matching symbol is found,
+	     make sure there is no "better" matching symbol, i.e., one with
+	     exactly the same domain.  PR 16253.  */
  	  if (symbol_matches_domain (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (sym),
  				     SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym), domain))
-	    return sym;
+	    other = sym;
  	}
-      return NULL;
+      return other;
      }
    else
      {
@@ -753,7 +761,10 @@ block_lookup_symbol (const struct block *block, const  
char *name,
  	 list; this loop makes sure to take anything else other than
  	 parameter symbols first; it only uses parameter symbols as a
  	 last resort.  Note that this only takes up extra computation
-	 time on a match.  */
+	 time on a match.
+	 It's hard to define types in the parameter list (at least in
+	 C/C++) so we don't do the same PR 16253 hack here that is done
+	 for the !BLOCK_FUNCTION case.  */

        struct symbol *sym_found = NULL;

@@ -779,23 +790,33 @@ struct symbol *
  block_lookup_symbol_primary (const struct block *block, const char *name,
  			     const domain_enum domain)
  {
-  struct symbol *sym;
+  struct symbol *sym, *other;
    struct dict_iterator dict_iter;

    /* Verify BLOCK is STATIC_BLOCK or GLOBAL_BLOCK.  */
    gdb_assert (BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (block) == NULL
  	      || BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (block)) == NULL);

+  other = NULL;
    for (sym = dict_iter_name_first (block->dict, name, &dict_iter);
         sym != NULL;
         sym = dict_iter_name_next (name, &dict_iter))
      {
+      if (SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) == domain)
+	return sym;
+
+      /* This is a bit of a hack, but symbol_matches_domain might ignore
+	 STRUCT vs VAR domain symbols.  So if a matching symbol is found,
+	 make sure there is no "better" matching symbol, i.e., one with
+	 exactly the same domain.  PR 16253.  */
        if (symbol_matches_domain (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (sym),
  				 SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym), domain))
-	return sym;
+	{
+	  other = sym;
+	}
      }

-  return NULL;
+  return other;
  }

  /* See block.h.  */
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-2.cc  
b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-2.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7733473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-2.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2015 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/>.   
*/
+
+/* This object is in a separate file so that its debug info is not
+   expanded at startup.  Once debug info is expanded we are no longer
+   exercising block_lookup_symbol, and instead are exercising
+   block_lookup_symbol_primary.  */
+enum E2 {a2, b2, c2} E2;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-3.cc  
b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-3.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2133f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-3.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2015 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/>.   
*/
+
+/* This object is in a separate file so that its debug info is not
+   expanded at startup.  Once debug info is expanded we are no longer
+   exercising block_lookup_symbol, and instead are exercising
+   block_lookup_symbol_primary.  */
+struct S2 {} S2;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-4.cc  
b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-4.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..162541c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag-4.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2015 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/>.   
*/
+
+/* This object is in a separate file so that its debug info is not
+   expanded at startup.  Once debug info is expanded we are no longer
+   exercising block_lookup_symbol, and instead are exercising
+   block_lookup_symbol_primary.  */
+union U2 {int a; char b;} U2;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.cc  
b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b9caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2014 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/>.   
*/
+
+int global = 3;
+
+class C {
+public:
+  struct C1 {} C1;
+  enum E1 {a1, b1, c1} E1;
+  union U1 {int a1; char b1;} U1;
+
+  C () : E1 (b1) {}
+  void global (void) const {}
+  int f (void) const { global (); return 0; }
+} C;
+
+struct S {} S;
+enum E {a, b, c} E;
+union U {int a; char b;} U;
+
+class CC {} cc;
+struct SS {} ss;
+enum EE {ea, eb, ec} ee;
+union UU {int aa; char bb;} uu;
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return C.f ();
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp  
b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9854c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright 2014, 2015 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/>.
+
+# This file is part of the gdb testsuite
+
+# Test expressions in which variable names shadow tag names.
+
+if {[skip_cplus_tests]} { continue }
+
+standard_testfile var-tag.cc var-tag-2.cc var-tag-3.cc var-tag-4.cc
+
+if {[prepare_for_testing $testfile.exp $testfile \
+	[list $srcfile $srcfile2 $srcfile3 $srcfile4] {debug c++}]} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+proc do_global_tests {lang} {
+    set invalid_print "Attempt to use a type name as an expression"
+    set ptypefmt "type = (class|enum|union|struct) %s {.*}"
+
+    with_test_prefix $lang {
+	gdb_test_no_output "set language $lang"
+	gdb_test "ptype C" "type = class C {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print E" "= a"
+	gdb_test "ptype E" "type = enum E {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print S" "= {<No data fields>}"
+	gdb_test "ptype S" "type = struct S {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print U" "= {.*}"
+	gdb_test "ptype U" "type = union U {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print cc" "= {.*}"
+	gdb_test "ptype cc" "type = class CC {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print CC" [format $invalid_print "CC"]
+	gdb_test "ptype CC" [format $ptypefmt "CC"]
+	gdb_test "print ss" "= {<No data fields>}"
+	gdb_test "ptype ss" "type = struct SS {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print SS" [format $invalid_print "SS"]
+	gdb_test "ptype SS" [format $ptypefmt "SS"]
+	gdb_test "print ee" "= .*"
+	gdb_test "ptype ee" "type = enum EE {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print EE" [format $invalid_print "EE"]
+	gdb_test "ptype EE" [format $ptypefmt "EE"]
+	gdb_test "print uu" "= {.*}"
+	gdb_test "ptype uu" "type = union UU {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print UU" [format $invalid_print  "UU"]
+	gdb_test "ptype UU" [format $ptypefmt "UU"]
+
+	# These tests exercise lookup of symbols using the "quick fns" API.
+	# Each of them is in a separate CU as once its CU is expanded,
+	# we're no longer using the quick fns API.
+	gdb_test "print E2" "= a2"
+	gdb_test "ptype E2" "type = enum E2 {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print S2" "= {<No data fields>}"
+	gdb_test "ptype S2" "type = struct S2 {.*}"
+	gdb_test "print U2" "= {.*}"
+	gdb_test "ptype U2" "type = union U2 {.*}"
+    }
+}
+
+# First test expressions when there is no context.
+with_test_prefix "before start" {
+    do_global_tests c++
+    do_global_tests c
+}
+
+# Run to main and test again.
+if {![runto_main]} {
+    perror "couldn't run to main"
+    continue
+}
+
+with_test_prefix "in main" {
+    do_global_tests c++
+    do_global_tests c
+}
+
+# Run to C::f and test again.
+gdb_breakpoint "C::f"
+gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "continue to C::f"
+with_test_prefix "in C::f" {
+    do_global_tests c++
+    do_global_tests c
+}
+
+# Another hard-to-guess-the-users-intent bug...
+# It would be really nice if we could query the user!
+with_test_prefix "global collision" {
+    gdb_test_no_output "set language c++"
+    setup_kfail "c++/16463" "*-*-*"
+    gdb_test "print global" "= 3"
+
+    # ... with a simple workaround:
+    gdb_test "print ::global" "= 3"
+}
