diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index fd106914f5e..6af8a20af12 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-04-07  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/40239
+	* typeck2.c (process_init_constructor_record):
+	value-initialize members that are are not explicitely
+	initialized.
+
 2010-04-07  Jie Zhang  <jie@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/42556
diff --git a/gcc/cp/typeck2.c b/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
index 2610b28eca7..444ba731b14 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
@@ -1166,8 +1166,14 @@ process_init_constructor_record (tree type, tree init)
 	     for us, so build up TARGET_EXPRs.  If the type in question is
 	     a class, just build one up; if it's an array, recurse.  */
 	  if (MAYBE_CLASS_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (field)))
-	    next = build_functional_cast (TREE_TYPE (field), NULL_TREE,
-                                          tf_warning_or_error);
+	    {
+	      next = build_functional_cast (TREE_TYPE (field), NULL_TREE,
+					    tf_warning_or_error);
+	      /* direct-initialize the target. No temporary is going
+		  to be involved.  */
+	      if (TREE_CODE (next) == TARGET_EXPR)
+		TARGET_EXPR_DIRECT_INIT_P (next) = true;
+	    }
 	  else
 	    next = build_constructor (init_list_type_node, NULL);
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a2faaf5a818..65c9f0235e8 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-04-07  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/40239
+	* g++.dg/init/aggr5.C: New test.
+	* g++.dg/init/aggr5.C: New test.
+
 2010-04-07  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/43270
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr5.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr5.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..228459536f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr5.C
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Origin PR c++/40239
+// { dg-do "compile" }
+
+struct B { B() { } private: B(B const&); };
+struct A { int a; B b; };
+
+int
+main()
+{
+  A a = {0};
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr6.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr6.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98628d255ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/init/aggr6.C
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Origin PR c++/40239
+// { dg-do compile }
+
+struct B { B() { } private: B(B const&); };
+struct A { int a; B b; };
+
+int
+main()
+{
+  A a = {};
+}