diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index e2804f159..203ee3370 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
             if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% =") && tok->strAt(-1) != "*") {
                 const Variable* var = tok->variable();
                 if (var && var->scope() == owner && !var->isStatic()) {
-                    if (var->isPointer() || var->isReference() || (!var->type() && !var->isStlStringType() && !(Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: %type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken()->linkAt(3), "> ::"))))
+                    if (var->isPointer() || var->isReference() || var->isEnumType() || (!var->type() && !var->isStlStringType() && !(Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: %type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken()->linkAt(3), "> ::"))))
                         continue;
 
                     bool allowed = true;
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 39919d85a..f130cf0f0 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -5907,10 +5907,12 @@ private:
     }
 
     void initializerListUsage() {
-        checkInitializationListUsage("class Fred {\n"
+        checkInitializationListUsage("enum Enum { C = 0 };\n"
+                                     "class Fred {\n"
                                      "    int a;\n"  // No message for builtin types: No performance gain
                                      "    int* b;\n" // No message for pointers: No performance gain
-                                     "    Fred() { a = 0; b = 0; }\n"
+                                     "    Enum c;\n" // No message for enums: No performance gain
+                                     "    Fred() { a = 0; b = 0; c = C; }\n"
                                      "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());