diff --git a/src/toctype.c b/src/toctype.c
index d3002d34b861..8ddaf9d7bd74 100644
--- a/src/toctype.c
+++ b/src/toctype.c
@@ -106,10 +106,13 @@ class ToCtypeVisitor : public Visitor
         Type *tm = t->mutableOf();
         if (tm->ctype)
         {
-            Symbol *s = tm->ctype->Ttag;
-            t->ctype = type_alloc(TYstruct);
-            t->ctype->Ttag = (Classsym *)s;            // structure tag name
+            t->ctype = type_alloc(tybasic(tm->ctype->Tty));
             t->ctype->Tcount++;
+            if (t->ctype->Tty == TYstruct)
+            {
+                Symbol *s = tm->ctype->Ttag;
+                t->ctype->Ttag = (Classsym *)s;            // structure tag name
+            }
             // Add modifiers
             switch (t->mod)
             {
diff --git a/test/runnable/cppa.d b/test/runnable/cppa.d
index 13ce92292e5a..b18fc9a1f08c 100644
--- a/test/runnable/cppa.d
+++ b/test/runnable/cppa.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// PERMUTE_ARGS: -g
 // EXTRA_CPP_SOURCES: cppb.cpp
 
 import core.stdc.stdio;