diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
index 858e8723c9f..f3542d29009 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
@@ -8882,7 +8882,23 @@ public class AST2CPPTests extends AST2TestBase {
 	public void testListInitialization_458679() throws Exception {
 		parseAndCheckImplicitNameBindings();
 	}
-	
+
+	//	namespace std {	template<typename T> class initializer_list; }
+	//
+	//	struct A {
+	//	  A(const char* s);
+	//	};
+	//
+	//	void waldo(A p);
+	//	void waldo(std::initializer_list<A> p);
+	//
+	//	void test() {
+	//	  waldo({""});
+	//	}
+	public void testListInitialization_491842() throws Exception {
+		parseAndCheckBindings();
+	}
+
 	//	namespace std {
 	//		template<typename T> class initializer_list;
 	//	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/Conversions.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/Conversions.java
index 03115494616..227d06c0e77 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/Conversions.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/Conversions.java
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ public class Conversions {
 		ICPPConstructor[] filteredConstructors = constructors;
 		if (expandedArgs.length == 1) {
 			filteredConstructors= new ICPPConstructor[constructors.length];
-			int j=0;
+			int j= 0;
 			for (ICPPConstructor ctor : constructors) {
 				if (ctor.getRequiredArgumentCount() < 2) {
 					IType[] ptypes= ctor.getType().getParameterTypes();
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ public class Conversions {
 		} else {
 			c= Cost.NO_CONVERSION;
 		}
+		// This cost came from listInitializationSequence() with an std::initializer_list
+		// type as the list initialization target. From the point of view of the caller,
+		// however, the target is the class type, not std::initializer_list, so update it
+		// accordingly.
+		c.setListInitializationTarget(t);
 		return c;
 	}