diff --git a/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp b/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
index ea092a74c..2d8ca7d3f 100644
--- a/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
@@ -365,9 +365,10 @@ Parser::FunctionHeaderParserResult Parser::parseFunctionHeader(
 		Token::Value token = m_scanner->currentToken();
 		if (_allowModifiers && token == Token::Identifier)
 		{
-			// If the name is empty, then this can either be a modifier (fallback function declaration)
+			// If the name is empty (and this is not a constructor),
+			// then this can either be a modifier (fallback function declaration)
 			// or the name of the state variable (function type name plus variable).
-			if (result.name->empty() && (
+			if ((result.name->empty() && !result.isConstructor) && (
 				m_scanner->peekNextToken() == Token::Semicolon ||
 				m_scanner->peekNextToken() == Token::Assign
 			))
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ Parser::FunctionHeaderParserResult Parser::parseFunctionHeader(
 				if (
 					(result.visibility == Declaration::Visibility::External || result.visibility == Declaration::Visibility::Internal) &&
 					result.modifiers.empty() &&
-					result.name->empty()
+					(result.name->empty() && !result.isConstructor)
 				)
 					break;
 				parserError(string(
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ ASTPointer<ASTNode> Parser::parseFunctionDefinitionOrFunctionTypeStateVariable(A
 	FunctionHeaderParserResult header = parseFunctionHeader(false, true, _contractName);
 
 	if (
+		header.isConstructor ||
 		!header.modifiers.empty() ||
 		!header.name->empty() ||
 		m_scanner->currentToken() == Token::Semicolon ||
@@ -802,6 +804,7 @@ ASTPointer<FunctionTypeName> Parser::parseFunctionType()
 	RecursionGuard recursionGuard(*this);
 	ASTNodeFactory nodeFactory(*this);
 	FunctionHeaderParserResult header = parseFunctionHeader(true, false);
+	solAssert(!header.isConstructor, "Tried to parse type as constructor.");
 	return nodeFactory.createNode<FunctionTypeName>(
 		header.parameters,
 		header.returnParameters,
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95ebc1792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+contract C {
+    // Fool parser into parsing a constructor as a function type.
+    constructor() x;
+}
+// ----
+// Warning: (83-99): Modifiers of functions without implementation are ignored.
+// DeclarationError: (97-98): Undeclared identifier.
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor_local.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor_local.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7763d282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/functionTypes/function_type_constructor_local.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+contract C {
+    // Fool parser into parsing a constructor as a function type.
+    function f() {
+      constructor() x;
+    }
+}
+// ----
+// ParserError: (118-118): Expected token Semicolon got 'Identifier'