diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index f013c2cfc..ca96b428a 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void CheckStl::iterators()
             continue;
 
         // the validIterator flag says if the iterator has a valid value or not
-        bool validIterator = Token::Match(var->nameToken()->next(), "[(=:]");
+        bool validIterator = Token::Match(var->nameToken()->next(), "[(=:{]");
         const Scope* invalidationScope = nullptr;
 
         // The container this iterator can be used with
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 231528f3a..a547b0ee0 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -555,6 +555,14 @@ private:
               "    }\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+		// #8509 Uniform initialization ignored for iterator
+		check("void f() {\n"
+              "  std::vector<int> ints;\n"
+              "  std::vector<int>::const_iterator iter {ints.cbegin()};\n"
+              "  std::cout << (*iter) << std::endl;\n"
+              "}");
+		ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void dereference_break() {  // #3644