diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 3140dbc65..4e7f73827 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyNull()
 void Tokenizer::concatenateNegativeNumber()
 {
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "?|:|,|(|[|=|return|case|sizeof|%op% - %num%")) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "?|:|,|(|[|{|=|return|case|sizeof|%op% - %num%")) {
             tok->deleteNext();
             tok->next()->str("-" + tok->next()->str());
         }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 1440c1d26..aeecc2680 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("1 - 2", tokenizeAndStringify("1-2"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("foo ( -1 ) - 2", tokenizeAndStringify("foo(-1)-2"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("int f ( ) { return -2 ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("int f(){return -2;}"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("int x [ 2 ] = { -2 , 1 }", tokenizeAndStringify("int x[2] = {-2,1}"));
     }