diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml b/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
index f18e0fd3f..1f2124cbb 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
@@ -2168,8 +2168,25 @@ module CTrans_funct (F : CModule_type.CFrontend) : CModule_type.CTranslation = s
     match List.map2 field_exps stmts ~f:init_field with
     | Ok result ->
         result
-    | Unequal_lengths ->
-        (* This can happen with union initializers. Skip them for now *) []
+    | Unequal_lengths -> (
+      match stmts with
+      | [stmt] ->
+          (* let's assume that the statement initialises the whole struct (e.g. a constructor call) *)
+          L.debug Capture Medium
+            "assuming initListExpr is initializing the whole struct %a in one go" Exp.pp var_exp ;
+          [init_expr_trans trans_state (var_exp, var_typ) stmt_info (Some stmt)]
+      | _ ->
+          (* This can happen with union initializers. Skip them for now *)
+          L.debug Capture Medium
+            "couldn't translate initListExpr properly: list lengths do not match:@\n\
+            \  field_exps is %d: [%a]@\n\
+            \  stmts      is %d: [%a]@\n"
+            (List.length field_exps)
+            (Pp.seq ~sep:"," (Pp.pair ~fst:Exp.pp ~snd:(Typ.pp Pp.text)))
+            field_exps (List.length stmts)
+            (Pp.seq ~sep:"," (Pp.to_string ~f:Clang_ast_proj.get_stmt_kind_string))
+            stmts ;
+          [] )
 
 
   and initListExpr_builtin_trans trans_state stmt_info stmts var_exp var_typ =
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/c/frontend/initialization/enum_initlistexpr.c.dot b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/c/frontend/initialization/enum_initlistexpr.c.dot
index 9a8be52bc..98341e0fe 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/c/frontend/initialization/enum_initlistexpr.c.dot
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/c/frontend/initialization/enum_initlistexpr.c.dot
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ digraph cfg {
 "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_2" [label="2: Exit union_initialize_FIXME \n  " color=yellow style=filled]
 	
 
-"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_3" [label="3:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1_implicit:U); [line 15, column 3]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f1_implicit); [line 15, column 3]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f1_implicit); [line 15, column 3]\n  APPLY_ABSTRACTION; [line 15, column 3]\n " shape="box"]
+"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_3" [label="3:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1_implicit:U); [line 15, column 3]\n  VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1_implicit:U); [line 15, column 29]\n  *&set_f1_implicit:int=1 [line 15, column 29]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f1_implicit); [line 15, column 29]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f1_implicit); [line 15, column 29]\n  APPLY_ABSTRACTION; [line 15, column 29]\n " shape="box"]
 	
 
 	 "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_3" -> "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_2" ;
-"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_4" [label="4:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f2:U); [line 14, column 3]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f2); [line 14, column 3]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f2); [line 14, column 3]\n " shape="box"]
+"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_4" [label="4:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f2:U); [line 14, column 3]\n  VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f2:U); [line 14, column 20]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f2); [line 14, column 20]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f2); [line 14, column 20]\n " shape="box"]
 	
 
 	 "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_4" -> "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_3" ;
-"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_5" [label="5:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1:U); [line 13, column 3]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f1); [line 13, column 3]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f1); [line 13, column 3]\n " shape="box"]
+"union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_5" [label="5:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1:U); [line 13, column 3]\n  VARIABLE_DECLARED(set_f1:U); [line 13, column 20]\n  *&set_f1:int=2 [line 13, column 20]\n  NULLIFY(&set_f1); [line 13, column 20]\n  EXIT_SCOPE(set_f1); [line 13, column 20]\n " shape="box"]
 	
 
 	 "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_5" -> "union_initialize_FIXME.324b85335f5d2e418a28cb97eb896f20_4" ;
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/pulse/temporaries.cpp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/pulse/temporaries.cpp
index 7dbfa9278..cb1882a5b 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/pulse/temporaries.cpp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/pulse/temporaries.cpp
@@ -80,4 +80,31 @@ int FN_bind_temporary_to_const_bad() {
   return a_ptr->s_;
 }
 
+struct AutoConvertibleFromA {
+  ~AutoConvertibleFromA() {}
+
+  // auto-conversion between A and AutoConvertibleFromA
+  constexpr AutoConvertibleFromA(const A&) {}
+};
+
+struct InitListConstructible {
+  ~InitListConstructible() {}
+  InitListConstructible(const InitListConstructible&) noexcept;
+};
+
+A make_an_A(); // creates an A
+InitListConstructible make_a_InitListConstructible(AutoConvertibleFromA);
+
+// test that the frontend deals with this correctly
+void temporary_in_constructor_in_init_list_ok() {
+  while (true) {
+    // A -> AutoConvertibleFromA conversion requires a temporary to be
+    // materialized to hold the A& necessary for the conversion, then
+    // InitListConstructible's copy constructor generates the init list we want
+    // to test
+    InitListConstructible p =
+        InitListConstructible{make_a_InitListConstructible(make_an_A())};
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace temporaries