diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index ac08f2855..6fd61e395 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2166,8 +2166,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkIncompleteStatement()
         else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "= {"))
             tok = tok->next()->link();
 
-        // C++11 struct/array initialization in initializer list
-        else if (tok->str() == "{" && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), ",|: %var%") && Token::Match(tok->link(), "} [,{]"))
+        // C++11 struct/array/etc initialization in initializer list
+        else if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%var% {") && !Token::findsimplematch(tok,";",tok->link()))
             tok = tok->link();
 
         // C++11 vector initialization / return { .. }
diff --git a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
index d005a6629..a9f30d76b 100644
--- a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
+++ b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(returnstruct);
         TEST_CASE(cast);                // #3009 : (struct Foo *)123.a = 1;
         TEST_CASE(increment);           // #3251 : FP for increment
+        TEST_CASE(cpp11init);           // #5493 : int i{1};
     }
 
     void test1() {
@@ -220,6 +221,13 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void cpp11init() {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    int x{1};\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestIncompleteStatement)