diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
index f56511edbf..505e1a32e4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
@@ -438,11 +438,15 @@ QVector<T>::QVector(int asize, const T &t)
 template <typename T>
 QVector<T>::QVector(std::initializer_list<T> args)
 {
-    d = Data::allocate(args.size());
-    // std::initializer_list<T>::iterator is guaranteed to be
-    // const T* ([support.initlist]/1), so can be memcpy'ed away from by copyConstruct
-    copyConstruct(args.begin(), args.end(), d->begin());
-    d->size = int(args.size());
+    if (args.size() > 0) {
+        d = Data::allocate(args.size());
+        // std::initializer_list<T>::iterator is guaranteed to be
+        // const T* ([support.initlist]/1), so can be memcpy'ed away from by copyConstruct
+        copyConstruct(args.begin(), args.end(), d->begin());
+        d->size = int(args.size());
+    } else {
+        d = Data::sharedNull();
+    }
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
index 53caec4a64..59956e33cf 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
@@ -2042,6 +2042,9 @@ void tst_QVector::initializeList()
     QVector<QVector<T>> v3;
     v3 << v1 << (QVector<T>() << val4) << QVector<T>() << v1;
     QCOMPARE(v3, v2);
+
+    QVector<T> v4({});
+    QCOMPARE(v4.size(), 0);
 #endif
 }