diff --git a/gcc/cp/pt.c b/gcc/cp/pt.c
index a08d08d2834..dee802121e5 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/pt.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/pt.c
@@ -984,6 +984,10 @@ maybe_process_partial_specialization (tree type)
   if (CLASS_TYPE_P (type) && CLASSTYPE_LAMBDA_EXPR (type))
     return type;
 
+  /* An injected-class-name is not a specialization.  */
+  if (DECL_SELF_REFERENCE_P (TYPE_NAME (type)))
+    return type;
+
   if (TREE_CODE (type) == BOUND_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATE_PARM)
     {
       error ("name of class shadows template template parameter %qD",
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend70.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend70.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54965486f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend70.C
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// PR c++/52625
+
+template<class>
+class base {};
+
+class derived : public base<derived>
+{
+  template<class> friend class base;
+};