diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/chrono.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/chrono.h
index cabf61264d8..496e9485a73 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/chrono.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/chrono.h
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
 
     /// `chrono::duration` represents a distance between two points in time
     template<typename _Rep, typename _Period = ratio<1>>
-      struct duration;
+      class duration;
 
     /// `chrono::time_point` represents a point in time as measured by a clock
     template<typename _Clock, typename _Dur = typename _Clock::duration>
-      struct time_point;
+      class time_point;
     /// @}
   }
 
@@ -431,14 +431,13 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
     /// @endcond
 
     template<typename _Rep, typename _Period>
-      struct duration
+      class duration
       {
 	static_assert(!__is_duration<_Rep>::value, "rep cannot be a duration");
 	static_assert(__is_ratio<_Period>::value,
 		      "period must be a specialization of ratio");
 	static_assert(_Period::num > 0, "period must be positive");
 
-      private:
 	template<typename _Rep2>
 	  using __is_float = treat_as_floating_point<_Rep2>;
 
@@ -844,11 +843,12 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
 #undef _GLIBCXX_CHRONO_INT64_T
 
     template<typename _Clock, typename _Dur>
-      struct time_point
+      class time_point
       {
 	static_assert(__is_duration<_Dur>::value,
 	    "duration must be a specialization of std::chrono::duration");
 
+      public:
 	typedef _Clock						clock;
 	typedef _Dur						duration;
 	typedef typename duration::rep				rep;