Index: include/regex
===================================================================
--- include/regex
+++ include/regex
@@ -4013,7 +4013,7 @@
     char_class_type __class_type =
         __traits_.lookup_classname(__first, __temp, __flags_ & icase);
     if (__class_type == 0)
-        __throw_regex_error<regex_constants::error_brack>();
+        __throw_regex_error<regex_constants::error_ctype>();
     __ml->__add_class(__class_type);
     __first = _VSTD::next(__temp, 2);
     return __first;
Index: test/std/re/re.regex/re.regex.construct/bad_ctype.pass.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/std/re/re.regex/re.regex.construct/bad_ctype.pass.cpp
+++ test/std/re/re.regex/re.regex.construct/bad_ctype.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is dual licensed under the MIT and the University of Illinois Open
+// Source Licenses. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// UNSUPPORTED: libcpp-no-exceptions
+// <regex>
+
+// template <class charT, class traits = regex_traits<charT>> class basic_regex;
+
+// template <class ST, class SA>
+//    basic_regex(const basic_string<charT, ST, SA>& s);
+
+#include <regex>
+#include <cassert>
+#include "test_macros.h"
+
+static bool error_ctype_thrown(const char *pat)
+{
+    bool result = false;
+    try {
+        std::regex re(pat);
+    } catch (const std::regex_error &ex) {
+        result = (ex.code() == std::regex_constants::error_ctype);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    assert(error_ctype_thrown("[[::]]"));
+    assert(error_ctype_thrown("[[:error:]]"));
+}