Index: clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineFormatter.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineFormatter.cpp
+++ clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineFormatter.cpp
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@
         return !Style.BraceWrapping.SplitEmptyRecord && EmptyBlock
                    ? tryMergeSimpleBlock(I, E, Limit)
                    : 0;
+
+      if (Tok && Tok->is(tok::kw_template) &&
+          Style.BraceWrapping.SplitEmptyRecord && EmptyBlock) {
+        return 0;
+      }
     }
 
     // FIXME: TheLine->Level != 0 might or might not be the right check to do.
@@ -355,6 +360,21 @@
     if (TheLine->First->is(tok::l_brace) && I != AnnotatedLines.begin() &&
         I[-1]->First->isOneOf(tok::kw_case, tok::kw_default))
       return 0;
+
+    if (TheLine->Last->is(tok::l_brace) && I != AnnotatedLines.begin() &&
+        I[-1]->Last && Style.BraceWrapping.SplitEmptyRecord) {
+      const FormatToken *Previous = I[-1]->Last;
+      if (Previous && Previous->is(tok::comment)) {
+        Previous = Previous->getPreviousNonComment();
+      }
+      if (Previous) {
+        const FormatToken *PreviousPrevious = Previous->getPreviousNonComment();
+        if (PreviousPrevious && Previous->is(tok::identifier) &&
+            PreviousPrevious->isOneOf(tok::kw_class, tok::kw_struct))
+          return 0;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Try to merge a block with left brace wrapped that wasn't yet covered
     if (TheLine->Last->is(tok::l_brace)) {
       return !Style.BraceWrapping.AfterFunction ||
Index: clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
+++ clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
@@ -9891,6 +9891,55 @@
                "{\n"
                "} Foo_t;",
                Style);
+
+  Style.BraceWrapping.SplitEmptyRecord = true;
+  Style.BraceWrapping.AfterStruct = true;
+  verifyFormat("class rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("struct rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> class rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> struct rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("class rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("struct rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> class rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> struct rep\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> class rep // Foo\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
+  verifyFormat("template <typename T> struct rep // Bar\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "  int x;\n"
+               "};",
+               Style);
 }
 
 TEST_F(FormatTest, SplitEmptyStruct) {