diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0a934d68591..0a11a4b60b6 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-25  David Carlton  <carlton@math.stanford.edu>
+
+	* dwarf2read.c (scan_partial_symbols): Descend into namespace
+	pdi's with no name.
+
 2002-11-25  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Mark h8500 as broken.  Breakage occured Fri Nov 5
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index b5ba7dc713d..25240d1739f 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,9 @@ scan_partial_symbols (char *info_ptr, struct objfile *objfile,
     {
       info_ptr = read_partial_die (&pdi, abfd, info_ptr, cu_header);
 
-      if (pdi.name)
+      /* Anonymous namespaces have no name but are interesting.  */
+
+      if (pdi.name != NULL || pdi.tag == DW_TAG_namespace)
 	{
 	  switch (pdi.tag)
 	    {