diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index e85e75a61310..353b2b6f7ba6 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-09-21  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* include/ext/type_traits.h (__numeric_traits_integer): New.
+	(__numeric_traits_floating): New.
+	(__numeric_traits): Use them.
+	* testsuite/ext/type_traits.cc: New.
+	
 2006-09-21  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* include/ext/hash_map: Remove forward declaration of equality
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/type_traits.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/type_traits.h
index 34e5ebd1cde7..da71e986f753 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/type_traits.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/type_traits.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <limits>
 #include <iosfwd> // std::streamsize
+#include <bits/cpp_type_traits.h>
 
 _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)
 
@@ -126,27 +127,36 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)
   (__glibcxx_signed(T) ? ((T)1 << __glibcxx_digits(T)) - 1 : ~(T)0)
 
   template<typename _Value>
-    struct __numeric_traits
+    struct __numeric_traits_integer
     {
-      typedef _Value __value_type;
-      
-      // Only integer types.
-      static const __value_type __min = __glibcxx_min(__value_type);
-      static const __value_type __max = __glibcxx_max(__value_type);
-      
-      // Only floating point types. See N1822. 
-      static const std::streamsize __max_digits10 =
-	2 + std::numeric_limits<__value_type>::digits * 3010/10000;
+      // Only integers for initialization of member constant.
+      static const _Value __min = __glibcxx_min(_Value);
+      static const _Value __max = __glibcxx_max(_Value);
     };
 
   template<typename _Value>
-    const _Value __numeric_traits<_Value>::__min;
+    const _Value __numeric_traits_integer<_Value>::__min;
 
   template<typename _Value>
-    const _Value __numeric_traits<_Value>::__max;
+    const _Value __numeric_traits_integer<_Value>::__max;
 
   template<typename _Value>
-    const std::streamsize __numeric_traits<_Value>::__max_digits10;
+    struct __numeric_traits_floating
+    {
+      // Only floating point types. See N1822. 
+      static const std::streamsize __max_digits10 =
+	2 + std::numeric_limits<_Value>::digits * 3010/10000;
+    };
+
+  template<typename _Value>
+    const std::streamsize __numeric_traits_floating<_Value>::__max_digits10;
+
+  template<typename _Value>
+    struct __numeric_traits 
+    : public __conditional_type<std::__is_integer<_Value>::__value,
+				__numeric_traits_integer<_Value>,
+				__numeric_traits_floating<_Value> >::__type
+    { };
 
 _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/type_traits.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/type_traits.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea58bb8afc70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/type_traits.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// { dg-do compile }
+// { dg-options "-pedantic" }
+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+// Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library 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 2, or (at your option)
+// any later version.
+//
+// This library 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 library; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+// Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+// USA.
+
+#include <ext/type_traits.h>
+
+using __gnu_cxx::__numeric_traits;
+template struct __numeric_traits<short>;
+template struct __numeric_traits<unsigned short>;
+template struct __numeric_traits<double>;