diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp
index 30aab99..60379e9 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/var-tag.exp
@@ -28,13 +28,18 @@ if {[prepare_for_testing $testfile.exp $testfile \
 
 proc do_global_tests {lang} {
     set invalid_print "Attempt to use a type name as an expression"
-    set ptypefmt "type = (class|enum|union|struct) %s {.*}"
+
+    if {$lang == "c++"} {
+	set opt_underlying "(: unsigned int )?"
+    } else {
+	set opt_underlying ""
+    set ptypefmt "type = (class|enum|union|struct) %s $opt_underlying{.*}"
 
     with_test_prefix $lang {
     gdb_test_no_output "set language $lang"
     gdb_test "ptype C" "type = class C {.*}"
     gdb_test "print E" "= a"
-    gdb_test "ptype E" "type = enum E {.*}"
+    gdb_test "ptype E" "type = enum E $opt_underlying{.*}"
     gdb_test "print S" "= {<No data fields>}"
     gdb_test "ptype S" "type = struct S {.*}"
     gdb_test "print U" "= {.*}"
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ proc do_global_tests {lang} {
     gdb_test "print SS" [format $invalid_print "SS"]
     gdb_test "ptype SS" [format $ptypefmt "SS"]
     gdb_test "print ee" "= .*"
-    gdb_test "ptype ee" "type = enum EE {.*}"
+    gdb_test "ptype ee" "type = enum EE $opt_underlying{.*}"
     gdb_test "print EE" [format $invalid_print "EE"]
     gdb_test "ptype EE" [format $ptypefmt "EE"]
     gdb_test "print uu" "= {.*}"