diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index ec816ba085c..219f79448be 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-07-23  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
+
+	* python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py (StdExpAnyPrinter): Convert type
+	to string instead of using gdb.Type.name attribute.
+
 2014-07-19  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
 	* acinclude.m4 (GLIBCXX_CHECK_SDT_H): Replace AC_MSG_RESULT with
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
index 625396b4459..15d7a88dbf8 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ class StdExpAnyPrinter(SingleObjContainerPrinter):
                 raise ValueError("Unknown manager function in std::experimental::any")
 
             # FIXME need to expand 'std::string' so that gdb.lookup_type works
-            mgrname = re.sub("std::string(?!\w)", gdb.lookup_type('std::string').strip_typedefs().name, m.group(1))
+            mgrname = re.sub("std::string(?!\w)", str(gdb.lookup_type('std::string').strip_typedefs()), m.group(1))
             mgrtype = gdb.lookup_type(mgrname)
             self.contained_type = mgrtype.template_argument(0)
             valptr = None