diff --git a/src/hb-private.hh b/src/hb-private.hh
index feab7cad15f91eb148bcbdf0537d29daf2b38a0d..265fba15d8d68732b9baaadfa4a52e722bb21a3a 100644
--- a/src/hb-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-private.hh
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ _hb_debug_msg_va (const char *what,
   } else
     fprintf (stderr, "   " VRBAR LBAR);
 
-  if (func) {
+  if (func)
+  {
+    /* Skip "typename" */
+    if (0 == strncmp (func, "typename ", 9))
+      func += 9;
     /* Skip return type */
     const char *space = strchr (func, ' ');
     if (space)