diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 32455785a468d75b36431f33ff2d21d2b074e81b..287e496570bc280e429c5733048c684b3c21ed8a 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.127 2005/03/29 00:17:04 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.128 2005/05/05 00:19:47 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 		return coerce_record_to_complex(pstate, node, targetTypeId,
 										ccontext, cformat);
 	}
+	if (targetTypeId == RECORDOID &&
+		ISCOMPLEX(inputTypeId))
+	{
+		/* Coerce a specific complex type to RECORD */
+		/* NB: we do NOT want a RelabelType here */
+		return node;
+	}
 	if (typeInheritsFrom(inputTypeId, targetTypeId))
 	{
 		/*
@@ -405,6 +412,13 @@ can_coerce_type(int nargs, Oid *input_typeids, Oid *target_typeids,
 			ISCOMPLEX(targetTypeId))
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * If input is a composite type and target is RECORD, accept
+		 */
+		if (targetTypeId == RECORDOID &&
+			ISCOMPLEX(inputTypeId))
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * If input is a class type that inherits from target, accept
 		 */