diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index fb9e0c68269..887ea615944 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-11-05  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/58868
+	* decl.c (check_initializer): Don't use build_vec_init for arrays
+	of trivial type.
+
 2013-11-05  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	PR c++/58724
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index e662764da85..8b7a89fcd99 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -5683,6 +5683,7 @@ check_initializer (tree decl, tree init, int flags, vec<tree, va_gc> **cleanups)
 	  && !(init && BRACE_ENCLOSED_INITIALIZER_P (init)
 	       && CP_AGGREGATE_TYPE_P (type)
 	       && (CLASS_TYPE_P (type)
+		   || !TYPE_NEEDS_CONSTRUCTING (type)
 		   || type_has_extended_temps (type))))
 	{
 	  init_code = build_aggr_init_full_exprs (decl, init, flags);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/array35.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/array35.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ce6d5cc956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/array35.C
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// PR c++/58868
+
+static struct { const int i; } a[] = { 1 };