diff --git a/libtcc.c b/libtcc.c
index 533c14da..d33cdb03 100644
--- a/libtcc.c
+++ b/libtcc.c
@@ -1463,6 +1463,7 @@ static const FlagDef flag_defs[] = {
     { offsetof(TCCState, char_is_unsigned), FD_INVERT, "signed-char" },
     { offsetof(TCCState, nocommon), FD_INVERT, "common" },
     { offsetof(TCCState, leading_underscore), 0, "leading-underscore" },
+    { offsetof(TCCState, ms_extensions), 0, "ms-extensions" },
 };
 
 /* set/reset a flag */
diff --git a/tcc-doc.texi b/tcc-doc.texi
index bcd19e13..909af720 100644
--- a/tcc-doc.texi
+++ b/tcc-doc.texi
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ Do not generate common symbols for uninitialized data.
 @item -fleading-underscore
 Add a leading underscore at the beginning of each C symbol.
 
+@item -fms-extensions
+Allow a MS C compiler extensions to the language. Curretly this
+assume a nested named structure declaration without identifier behave
+like an unnamed one.
+
 @end table
 
 Warning options:
diff --git a/tcc.h b/tcc.h
index 96c0333e..402e9cad 100644
--- a/tcc.h
+++ b/tcc.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ struct TCCState {
     /* C language options */
     int char_is_unsigned;
     int leading_underscore;
+    int ms_extensions;		/* allow nested named struct w/o identifier behave like unnamed */
     
     /* warning switches */
     int warn_write_strings;
diff --git a/tccgen.c b/tccgen.c
index 00a80863..3b87d0a4 100644
--- a/tccgen.c
+++ b/tccgen.c
@@ -2959,8 +2959,17 @@ static void struct_decl(CType *type, int u, int tdef)
                     type1 = btype;
                     if (tok != ':') {
                         type_decl(&type1, &ad, &v, TYPE_DIRECT | TYPE_ABSTRACT);
-                        if (v == 0 && (type1.t & VT_BTYPE) != VT_STRUCT)
-                            expect("identifier");
+                        if (v == 0) {
+                    	    if ((type1.t & VT_BTYPE) != VT_STRUCT)
+                        	expect("identifier");
+                    	    else {
+				int v = btype.ref->v;
+				if (!(v & SYM_FIELD) && (v & ~SYM_STRUCT) < SYM_FIRST_ANOM) {
+				    if (tcc_state->ms_extensions == 0)
+                        		expect("identifier");
+				}
+                    	    }
+                        }
                         if (type_size(&type1, &align) < 0) {
 			    if ((a == TOK_STRUCT) && (type1.t & VT_ARRAY) && c)
 			        flexible = 1;
@@ -6121,7 +6130,11 @@ static int decl0(int l, int is_for_loop_init)
         if (((btype.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_ENUM ||
              (btype.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_STRUCT) && 
             tok == ';') {
-            /* we accept no variable after */
+	    if ((btype.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_STRUCT) {
+		int v = btype.ref->v;
+		if (!(v & SYM_FIELD) && (v & ~SYM_STRUCT) >= SYM_FIRST_ANOM)
+        	    tcc_warning("unnamed struct/union that defines no instances");
+	    }
             next();
             continue;
         }