diff --git a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
index b7fac5d..4688fbc 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
@@ -227,6 +227,38 @@ get_expr_result_type(Node *expr,
 										  NULL,
 										  resultTypeId,
 										  resultTupleDesc);
+	else if (expr && IsA(expr, RowExpr) &&
+			 ((RowExpr *) expr)->row_typeid == RECORDOID)
+	{
+		/* We can resolve the record type by generating the tupdesc directly */
+		RowExpr    *rexpr = (RowExpr *) expr;
+		TupleDesc	tupdesc;
+		AttrNumber	i = 1;
+		ListCell   *lcc,
+				   *lcn;
+
+		tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(list_length(rexpr->args));
+		Assert(list_length(rexpr->args) == list_length(rexpr->colnames));
+		forboth(lcc, rexpr->args, lcn, rexpr->colnames)
+		{
+			Node	   *col = (Node *) lfirst(lcc);
+			char	   *colname = strVal(lfirst(lcn));
+
+			TupleDescInitEntry(tupdesc, i,
+							   colname,
+							   exprType(col),
+							   exprTypmod(col),
+							   0);
+			TupleDescInitEntryCollation(tupdesc, i,
+										exprCollation(col));
+			i++;
+		}
+		if (resultTypeId)
+			*resultTypeId = rexpr->row_typeid;
+		if (resultTupleDesc)
+			*resultTupleDesc = BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);
+		return TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE;
+	}
 	else
 	{
 		/* handle as a generic expression; no chance to resolve RECORD */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
index a272305..2a273f8 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
@@ -436,6 +436,45 @@ where i8 in (row(123,456)::int8_tbl, '(4567890123456789,123)');
  4567890123456789 | 123
 (2 rows)
 
+-- Check ability to select columns from an anonymous rowtype
+select (row(1, 2.0)).f1;
+ f1 
+----
+  1
+(1 row)
+
+select (row(1, 2.0)).f2;
+ f2  
+-----
+ 2.0
+(1 row)
+
+select (row(1, 2.0)).nosuch;  -- fail
+ERROR:  could not identify column "nosuch" in record data type
+LINE 1: select (row(1, 2.0)).nosuch;
+                ^
+select (row(1, 2.0)).*;
+ f1 | f2  
+----+-----
+  1 | 2.0
+(1 row)
+
+select (r).f1 from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;
+ f1 
+----
+  1
+(1 row)
+
+select (r).f3 from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;  -- fail
+ERROR:  could not identify column "f3" in record data type
+LINE 1: select (r).f3 from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;
+                ^
+select (r).* from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;
+ f1 | f2  
+----+-----
+  1 | 2.0
+(1 row)
+
 -- Check some corner cases involving empty rowtypes
 select ROW();
  row 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
index 7e080c0..83cf4a1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ where i8 in (row(123,456)::int8_tbl, '(4567890123456789,123)');
 select * from int8_tbl i8
 where i8 in (row(123,456)::int8_tbl, '(4567890123456789,123)');
 
+-- Check ability to select columns from an anonymous rowtype
+select (row(1, 2.0)).f1;
+select (row(1, 2.0)).f2;
+select (row(1, 2.0)).nosuch;  -- fail
+select (row(1, 2.0)).*;
+select (r).f1 from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;
+select (r).f3 from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;  -- fail
+select (r).* from (select row(1, 2.0) as r) ss;
+
 -- Check some corner cases involving empty rowtypes
 select ROW();
 select ROW() IS NULL;