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 f38ec70b8ba..005478412bc 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
@@ -12852,6 +12852,20 @@ public class AST2CPPTests extends AST2CPPTestBase {
 		bh.assertImplicitName("a0", 2, IProblemBinding.class);
 	}
 
+	//	namespace std {
+	//	  template<class>
+	//	  class initializer_list {};
+	//	}
+	//
+	//	struct A {
+	//	    A(const std::initializer_list<int>&);
+	//	};
+	//
+	//	A a{1, 3, 5, 6};
+	public void testInitListConstRef_549035() throws Exception {
+		parseAndCheckImplicitNameBindings();
+	}
+
 	//	struct type {
 	//	  type(int a) {}
 	//	};
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 61627f970d6..b4858bbd4b4 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
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ public class Conversions {
 	}
 
 	static IType getInitListType(IType target) {
+		target = getNestedType(target, REF | TDEF | CVTYPE);
 		if (target instanceof ICPPClassType && target instanceof ICPPTemplateInstance) {
 			ICPPTemplateInstance inst = (ICPPTemplateInstance) target;
 			if (CharArrayUtils.equals(INITIALIZER_LIST_NAME, inst.getNameCharArray())) {