diff --git a/gcc/cp/constraint.cc b/gcc/cp/constraint.cc
index 444dbaacd78..9fce36e12d1 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/constraint.cc
+++ b/gcc/cp/constraint.cc
@@ -3791,6 +3791,9 @@ diagnose_trait_expr (tree expr, tree args)
     case CPTK_IS_POD:
       inform (loc, "  %qT is not a POD type", t1);
       break;
+    case CPTK_IS_POINTER:
+      inform (loc, "  %qT is not a pointer", t1);
+      break;
     case CPTK_IS_POLYMORPHIC:
       inform (loc, "  %qT is not a polymorphic type", t1);
       break;
diff --git a/gcc/cp/cp-trait.def b/gcc/cp/cp-trait.def
index 1f405f61861..05514a51c21 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/cp-trait.def
+++ b/gcc/cp/cp-trait.def
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_NOTHROW_CONVERTIBLE, "__is_nothrow_convertible", 2)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_OBJECT, "__is_object", 1)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_POINTER_INTERCONVERTIBLE_BASE_OF, "__is_pointer_interconvertible_base_of", 2)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_POD, "__is_pod", 1)
+DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_POINTER, "__is_pointer", 1)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_POLYMORPHIC, "__is_polymorphic", 1)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_REFERENCE, "__is_reference", 1)
 DEFTRAIT_EXPR (IS_SAME, "__is_same", 2)
diff --git a/gcc/cp/semantics.cc b/gcc/cp/semantics.cc
index 45584e9045f..7cccbae5287 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/semantics.cc
+++ b/gcc/cp/semantics.cc
@@ -12216,6 +12216,9 @@ trait_expr_value (cp_trait_kind kind, tree type1, tree type2)
     case CPTK_IS_POD:
       return pod_type_p (type1);
 
+    case CPTK_IS_POINTER:
+      return TYPE_PTR_P (type1);
+
     case CPTK_IS_POLYMORPHIC:
       return CLASS_TYPE_P (type1) && TYPE_POLYMORPHIC_P (type1);
 
@@ -12418,6 +12421,7 @@ finish_trait_expr (location_t loc, cp_trait_kind kind, tree type1, tree type2)
     case CPTK_IS_MEMBER_OBJECT_POINTER:
     case CPTK_IS_MEMBER_POINTER:
     case CPTK_IS_OBJECT:
+    case CPTK_IS_POINTER:
     case CPTK_IS_REFERENCE:
     case CPTK_IS_SAME:
     case CPTK_IS_SCOPED_ENUM:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/has-builtin-1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/has-builtin-1.C
index 719902d3f1a..b1430e9bd8b 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/has-builtin-1.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/has-builtin-1.C
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
 #if !__has_builtin (__is_pod)
 # error "__has_builtin (__is_pod) failed"
 #endif
+#if !__has_builtin (__is_pointer)
+# error "__has_builtin (__is_pointer) failed"
+#endif
 #if !__has_builtin (__is_polymorphic)
 # error "__has_builtin (__is_polymorphic) failed"
 #endif
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/is_pointer.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/is_pointer.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6e39565950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/is_pointer.C
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// { dg-do compile { target c++11 } }
+
+#define SA(X) static_assert((X),#X)
+
+SA(!__is_pointer(int));
+SA(__is_pointer(int*));
+SA(__is_pointer(int**));
+
+SA(__is_pointer(const int*));
+SA(__is_pointer(const int**));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* const));
+SA(__is_pointer(int** const));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* const* const));
+
+SA(__is_pointer(volatile int*));
+SA(__is_pointer(volatile int**));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(int** volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* volatile* volatile));
+
+SA(__is_pointer(const volatile int*));
+SA(__is_pointer(const volatile int**));
+SA(__is_pointer(const int* volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(volatile int* const));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* const volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(const int** volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(volatile int** const));
+SA(__is_pointer(int** const volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* const* const volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* volatile* const volatile));
+SA(__is_pointer(int* const volatile* const volatile));
+
+SA(!__is_pointer(int&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const int&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(volatile int&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const volatile int&));
+
+SA(!__is_pointer(int&&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const int&&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(volatile int&&));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const volatile int&&));
+
+SA(!__is_pointer(int[3]));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const int[3]));
+SA(!__is_pointer(volatile int[3]));
+SA(!__is_pointer(const volatile int[3]));
+
+SA(!__is_pointer(int(int)));
+SA(__is_pointer(int(*const)(int)));
+SA(__is_pointer(int(*volatile)(int)));
+SA(__is_pointer(int(*const volatile)(int)));
