diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index ecc83b43a31..d2b2dbea0a6 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-23  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	* pt.c (unify): Call maybe_adjust_types_for_deduction when
+	deducing from an initializer list.
+
 2009-02-20  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
 	PR c++/39225
diff --git a/gcc/cp/pt.c b/gcc/cp/pt.c
index 81eaffef57a..7246b13c3d6 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/pt.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/pt.c
@@ -13204,9 +13204,18 @@ unify (tree tparms, tree targs, tree parm, tree arg, int strict)
 
       FOR_EACH_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE (CONSTRUCTOR_ELTS (arg), i, elt)
 	{
+	  int elt_strict = strict;
 	  if (!BRACE_ENCLOSED_INITIALIZER_P (elt))
-	    elt = TREE_TYPE (elt);
-	  if (unify (tparms, targs, elttype, elt, UNIFY_ALLOW_NONE))
+	    {
+	      tree type = TREE_TYPE (elt);
+	      /* It should only be possible to get here for a call.  */
+	      gcc_assert (elt_strict & UNIFY_ALLOW_OUTER_LEVEL);
+	      elt_strict |= maybe_adjust_types_for_deduction
+		(DEDUCE_CALL, &elttype, &type, elt);
+	      elt = type;
+	    }
+
+	  if (unify (tparms, targs, elttype, elt, elt_strict))
 	    return 1;
 	}
       return 0;
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 9c63dbf6448..3ca42825655 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-23  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	* g++.dg/cpp0x/initlist14.C: New test.
+
 2008-02-21  Thomas Koenig  <tkoenig@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/38914
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/initlist14.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/initlist14.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb67f3e54da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/initlist14.C
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Bug: We weren't doing the normal replacement of array with pointer
+// for deduction in the context of a call because of the initializer list.
+// { dg-options "-std=c++0x" }
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+
+struct string
+{
+  string (const char *);
+};
+
+template <class T>
+struct vector
+{
+  template <class U>
+  vector (std::initializer_list<U>);
+};
+
+vector<string> v = { "a", "b", "c" };