diff --git a/infer/lib/linter_rules/linters.al b/infer/lib/linter_rules/linters.al
index 500651d7e..8ea573e0c 100644
--- a/infer/lib/linter_rules/linters.al
+++ b/infer/lib/linter_rules/linters.al
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ DEFINE-CHECKER STRONG_DELEGATE_WARNING = {
 
 DEFINE-CHECKER GLOBAL_VARIABLE_INITIALIZED_WITH_FUNCTION_OR_METHOD_CALL = {
 
-  LET is_global_variable =
-     is_objc_extension() AND is_global_var() AND (NOT is_const_var());
+  LET is_global_but_not_const_variable =
+     is_objc_extension() AND is_global_var() AND (NOT is_const_expr_var()) AND (NOT is_init_integral_constant_expr());
 
 	LET makes_an_expensive_call =
 	 (is_node("CallExpr") AND NOT call_function("CGPointMake"))
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ DEFINE-CHECKER GLOBAL_VARIABLE_INITIALIZED_WITH_FUNCTION_OR_METHOD_CALL = {
 
   SET report_when =
 	   WHEN
-     		(is_global_variable AND is_initialized_with_expensive_call)
+     		(is_global_but_not_const_variable AND is_initialized_with_expensive_call)
 		 HOLDS-IN-NODE VarDecl;
 
   SET message =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
index 13b698ce5..7ba6c7026 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
@@ -523,6 +523,14 @@ let is_const_expr_var an =
   match an with Ctl_parser_types.Decl d -> CAst_utils.is_const_expr_var d | _ -> false
 
 
+let is_init_integral_constant_expr an =
+  match an with
+  | Ctl_parser_types.Decl d -> (
+    match d with Clang_ast_t.VarDecl (_, _, _, vdi) -> vdi.vdi_is_init_ice | _ -> false )
+  | _ ->
+      false
+
+
 let is_qual_type_const an =
   match an with
   | Ctl_parser_types.Stmt s -> (
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
index c4fc24e09..eaef52594 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ val is_static_local_var : Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> bool
 val is_const_expr_var : Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> bool
 (** 'is_const_expr_var an' is true iff an is a 'const' variable declaration *)
 
+val is_init_integral_constant_expr : Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> bool
+(** 'is_init_integra_constant_expr an' is true iff it is an initializer and an integral constant expression, or in C++11, whether the initializer is a constant expression. *)
+
 val is_qual_type_const : Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> bool
 (** 'is_qual_type_const an' is true iff an is a qual_type 'const' expression *)
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml b/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
index 0ec543025..8b8b99614 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
@@ -1004,8 +1004,10 @@ let rec eval_Atomic pred_name_ args an lcxt =
       CPredicates.is_binop_with_kind an kind
   | "is_class", [cname], an ->
       CPredicates.is_class an cname
-  | "is_const_var", [], an ->
+  | "is_const_expr_var", [], an ->
       CPredicates.is_const_expr_var an
+  | "is_init_integral_constant_expr", [], an ->
+      CPredicates.is_init_integral_constant_expr an
   | "is_qual_type_const", [], an ->
       CPredicates.is_qual_type_const an
   | "has_init_list_const_expr", [], an ->