diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/std_string.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/std_string.h
index bf87230167e..7fd1d1d3189 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/std_string.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/std_string.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 // Workaround for a libstdc++ bug before libstdc++4.6 (2011).
 // https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13364
-#if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
+#if defined(__GLIBCXX__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE)
 namespace std { class type_info; }
 #endif
 #include <string>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/utypeinfo.h b/icu4c/source/common/utypeinfo.h
index c6663734fc3..696f27781e0 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/utypeinfo.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/utypeinfo.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 using std::exception;
 #endif
-#if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
+#if defined(__GLIBCXX__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE)
 namespace std { class type_info; } // WORKAROUND: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=13364
 #endif
 #include <typeinfo>  // for 'typeid' to work
diff --git a/icu4c/source/io/unicode/ustream.h b/icu4c/source/io/unicode/ustream.h
index 927342cb031..89452cbcf26 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/io/unicode/ustream.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/io/unicode/ustream.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * C++ I/O stream API.
  */
 
-#if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
+#if defined(__GLIBCXX__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE)
 namespace std { class type_info; } // WORKAROUND: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=13364
 #endif
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/dcfmtest.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/dcfmtest.cpp
index 1b239631268..f6c96968adf 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/dcfmtest.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/dcfmtest.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
+#if defined(__GLIBCXX__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE)
 namespace std { class type_info; } // WORKAROUND: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=13364
 #endif