diff --git a/gdb/completer.c b/gdb/completer.c
index 93df1018f66..7b66fbf33e1 100644
--- a/gdb/completer.c
+++ b/gdb/completer.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,15 @@ completion_tracker::add_completions (completion_list &&list)
     add_completion (std::move (candidate));
 }
 
+/* See completer.h.  */
+
+void
+completion_tracker::remove_completion (const char *name)
+{
+  m_entries_hash.erase (name);
+  m_lowest_common_denominator_valid = false;
+}
+
 /* Helper for the make_completion_match_str overloads.  Returns NULL
    as an indication that we want MATCH_NAME exactly.  It is up to the
    caller to xstrdup that string if desired.  */
diff --git a/gdb/completer.h b/gdb/completer.h
index fd4aba79746..6d80c50aa12 100644
--- a/gdb/completer.h
+++ b/gdb/completer.h
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ public:
      LIST.  */
   void add_completions (completion_list &&list);
 
+  /* Remove completion matching NAME from the completion list, does nothing
+     if NAME is not already in the completion list.  */
+  void remove_completion (const char *name);
+
   /* Set the quote char to be appended after a unique completion is
      added to the input line.  Set to '\0' to clear.  See
      m_quote_char's description.  */
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 26551372cbb..88ed27c1ca9 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -5261,6 +5261,24 @@ completion_list_add_symbol (completion_tracker &tracker,
   completion_list_add_name (tracker, sym->language (),
 			    sym->natural_name (),
 			    lookup_name, text, word);
+
+  /* C++ function symbols include the parameters within both the msymbol
+     name and the symbol name.  The problem is that the msymbol name will
+     describe the parameters in the most basic way, with typedefs stripped
+     out, while the symbol name will represent the types as they appear in
+     the program.  This means we will see duplicate entries in the
+     completion tracker.  The following converts the symbol name back to
+     the msymbol name and removes the msymbol name from the completion
+     tracker.  */
+  if (sym->language () == language_cplus
+      && SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) == VAR_DOMAIN
+      && SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) == LOC_BLOCK)
+    {
+      std::string str
+	= cp_canonicalize_string_no_typedefs (sym->natural_name ());
+      if (!str.empty ())
+	tracker.remove_completion (str.c_str ());
+    }
 }
 
 /* completion_list_add_name wrapper for struct minimal_symbol.  */
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.cc b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ef85b401eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2019 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/>.  */
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+template<typename T>
+struct magic
+{
+  T x;
+};
+
+struct object
+{
+  int a;
+};
+
+typedef magic<int> int_magic_t;
+
+typedef object *object_p;
+
+typedef const char *my_string_t;
+
+static int
+get_value (object_p obj)
+{
+  return obj->a;
+}
+
+static int
+get_something (object_p obj)
+{
+  return obj->a;
+}
+
+static int
+get_something (my_string_t msg)
+{
+  return strlen (msg);
+}
+
+static int
+grab_it (int_magic_t *var)
+{
+  return var->x;
+}
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  magic<int> m;
+  m.x = 4;
+
+  object obj;
+  obj.a = 0;
+
+  int val = (get_value (&obj) + get_something (&obj)
+	     + get_something ("abc") + grab_it (&m));
+  return val;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fb497da7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/cp-completion-aliases.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2019 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 tests GDB's ability to remove symbol aliases from the
+# completion list in C++.
+
+load_lib completion-support.exp
+
+standard_testfile .cc
+
+if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile {debug}]} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Tests below are about tab-completion, which doesn't work if readline
+# library isn't used.  Check it first.
+
+if { ![readline_is_used] } {
+    untested "no tab completion support without readline"
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Disable the completion limit for the whole testcase.
+gdb_test_no_output "set max-completions unlimited"
+
+test_gdb_complete_tab_unique "break get_v" \
+    "break get_value\\(object_p\\)" " "
+
+test_gdb_complete_cmd_unique "break get_v" \
+    "break get_value\\(object_p\\)"
+
+test_gdb_complete_tab_unique "break gr" \
+    "break grab_it\\(int_magic_t\\*\\)" " "
+
+test_gdb_complete_cmd_unique "break gr" \
+    "break grab_it\\(int_magic_t\\*\\)"
+
+test_gdb_complete_tab_multiple "break get_som" "ething(" \
+    { "get_something(my_string_t)" "get_something(object_p)" }
+
+test_gdb_complete_cmd_multiple "break " "get_som" \
+    { "get_something(my_string_t)" "get_something(object_p)" }
+
+
+
