diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 7278ec4e6fb..3c4b38acb7d 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-02-17  Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
+
+	* class.c (build_base_field): Mark fields for base classes with
+	DECL_IGNORED_P.
+
 2003-02-17  Kriang Lerdsuwanakij  <lerdsuwa@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	PR c++/9457
diff --git a/gcc/cp/class.c b/gcc/cp/class.c
index 04130a06323..5e8b9fa1ec1 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/class.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/class.c
@@ -3958,7 +3958,8 @@ build_base_field (record_layout_info rli, tree binfo,
       DECL_SIZE_UNIT (decl) = CLASSTYPE_SIZE_UNIT (basetype);
       DECL_ALIGN (decl) = CLASSTYPE_ALIGN (basetype);
       DECL_USER_ALIGN (decl) = CLASSTYPE_USER_ALIGN (basetype);
-  
+      DECL_IGNORED_P (decl) = 1;
+
       /* Try to place the field.  It may take more than one try if we
 	 have a hard time placing the field without putting two
 	 objects of the same type at the same address.  */