diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index edad3606f..42912d065 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ struct TokenImpl {
     };
     struct CppcheckAttributes *mCppcheckAttributes;
 
+    // For memoization, to speed up parsing of huge arrays #8897
+    enum class Cpp11init {UNKNOWN, CPP11INIT, NOINIT} mCpp11init;
+
     void setCppcheckAttribute(CppcheckAttributes::Type type, MathLib::bigint value);
     bool getCppcheckAttribute(CppcheckAttributes::Type type, MathLib::bigint *value) const;
 
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ struct TokenImpl {
         , mTemplateSimplifierPointers()
         , mScopeInfo(nullptr)
         , mCppcheckAttributes(nullptr)
+        , mCpp11init(Cpp11init::UNKNOWN)
     {}
 
     ~TokenImpl();
@@ -1220,6 +1224,9 @@ public:
 
     void scopeInfo(std::shared_ptr<ScopeInfo2> newScopeInfo);
     std::shared_ptr<ScopeInfo2> scopeInfo() const;
+
+    void setCpp11init(bool cpp11init) const { mImpl->mCpp11init=cpp11init ? TokenImpl::Cpp11init::CPP11INIT : TokenImpl::Cpp11init::NOINIT; }
+    TokenImpl::Cpp11init isCpp11init() const { return mImpl->mCpp11init; }
 };
 
 /// @}
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index dfe6684ef..81c556921 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -540,10 +540,20 @@ static Token * findCppTypeInitPar(Token *tok)
 }
 
 // X{} X<Y>{} etc
+static bool iscpp11init_impl(const Token * const tok);
 static bool iscpp11init(const Token * const tok)
+{
+    if (tok->isCpp11init() == TokenImpl::Cpp11init::UNKNOWN)
+        tok->setCpp11init(iscpp11init_impl(tok));
+    return tok->isCpp11init() == TokenImpl::Cpp11init::CPP11INIT;
+}
+
+static bool iscpp11init_impl(const Token * const tok)
 {
     const Token *nameToken = tok;
     while (nameToken && nameToken->str() == "{") {
+        if(nameToken->isCpp11init() != TokenImpl::Cpp11init::UNKNOWN)
+            return nameToken->isCpp11init() == TokenImpl::Cpp11init::CPP11INIT;
         nameToken = nameToken->previous();
         if (nameToken && nameToken->str() == "," && Token::simpleMatch(nameToken->previous(), "} ,"))
             nameToken = nameToken->linkAt(-1);