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 b5d6d053b34..8af94279ad4 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
@@ -8848,7 +8848,7 @@ public void testListInitialization_302412b() throws Exception {
 	//		h({ "foo" }); // OK: h(C(std::string("foo")))
 	//		i({ { 1, 2 }, { "bar" } }); // OK: i(D(A(std::initializer_list<int>{1,2}),C(std::string("bar"))))
 	//      X x1;
-	//      x({x1});  // no matching constructor
+	//      x({x1});  // calls copy constructor
 	//	}
 	public void testListInitialization_302412c() throws Exception {
 		String code = getAboveComment();
@@ -8859,7 +8859,7 @@ public void testListInitialization_302412c() throws Exception {
 		bh.assertProblem("f({ 'a', 'b' })", 1);
 		bh.assertNonProblem("h({", 1);
 		bh.assertNonProblem("i({ { 1, 2 }, {", 1);
-		bh.assertProblem("x({x1})", 1);
+		bh.assertNonProblem("x({x1})", 1);
 	}
 
 	//	namespace std {
@@ -9052,6 +9052,17 @@ public void testListInitializer_495227() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(2, ((ICPPConstructor) binding).getType().getParameterTypes().length);
 	}
 
+	//	struct C {
+	//		C(int);
+	//	};
+	//	void foo() {
+	//		const C a;
+	//		C b{a};
+	//	}
+	public void testListInit_CopyConstructor_559318() throws Exception {
+		parseAndCheckImplicitNameBindings();
+	}
+
 	//	struct S {
 	//	    int a;
 	//	    float b;
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 91c53594dc9..ba2e96f9db6 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
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ private static final Cost checkStandardConversionSequence(IType source, IType ta
 		return cost;
 	}
 
-	// [over.match.list] Initialization by list-initialization
+	// [dcl.list.init][over.match.list] Initialization by list-initialization
 	static Cost listInitializationOfClass(EvalInitList arg, ICPPClassType t, boolean isDirect, boolean deferUDC)
 			throws DOMException {
 		if (deferUDC) {
@@ -549,6 +549,27 @@ static Cost listInitializationOfClass(EvalInitList arg, ICPPClassType t, boolean
 			return c;
 		}
 
+		// [dcl.init.list] 3.2 if T is a class and the initializer list has a single element of type U
+		// where U is T or a subclass of T, the object is initialised from that element
+		if (arg.getClauses().length == 1) {
+			IType singleArgType = arg.getClauses()[0].getType();
+			singleArgType = getNestedType(singleArgType, CVTYPE | TDEF);
+			if (singleArgType instanceof ICPPClassType) {
+				ICPPClassType argType = (ICPPClassType) singleArgType;
+				// [over.ics.list] the cost is that of converting the single value to the
+				// parameter type
+				int depth = SemanticUtil.calculateInheritanceDepth(singleArgType, t);
+				if (depth == 0) {
+					return new Cost(argType, t, Rank.IDENTITY);
+				}
+				if (depth > 0) {
+					Cost c = new Cost(argType, t, Rank.CONVERSION);
+					c.setInheritanceDistance(depth);
+					return c;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// p1: When objects of non-aggregate class type are list-initialized,
 		// [...] overload resoution selects the constructor in two phases: