diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04576d035..b5fd56348 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+ * Fix `Parser` on function pointer declarations starting with `typedef struct` ([pull bytedeco/javacpp-presets#1361](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacpp-presets/pull/1361))
+
 ### June 6, 2023 version 1.5.9
  * Fix `Loader.extractResource()` for nested JAR files from Spring Boot ([pull #685](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacpp/pull/685))
  * Have `Parser` desugar `...` varargs to array `[]` for return types as well ([pull #682](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacpp/pull/682))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacpp/tools/Parser.java b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacpp/tools/Parser.java
index 77fca4e03..7f6125cf0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacpp/tools/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacpp/tools/Parser.java
@@ -3396,6 +3396,11 @@ boolean group(Context context, DeclarationList declList) throws ParserException
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (typedef && tokens.get().match('(')) {
+            // this is probably a function pointer declaration
+            tokens.index = backIndex;
+            return false;
+        }
         if (typedef && type.indirections > 0) {
             // skip pointer typedef
             while (!tokens.get().match(';', Token.EOF)) {