support for brace initialization
diff --git a/tests/test_class.cpp b/tests/test_class.cpp
index af7b0bf..842991a 100644
--- a/tests/test_class.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_class.cpp
@@ -280,6 +280,17 @@
 #else
         .def("foo", static_cast<int (ProtectedB::*)() const>(&PublicistB::foo));
 #endif
+
+    // test_brace_initialization
+    struct BraceInitialization {
+        int field1;
+        std::string field2;
+    };
+
+    py::class_<BraceInitialization>(m, "BraceInitialization")
+        .def(py::init<int, const std::string &>())
+        .def_readwrite("field1", &BraceInitialization::field1)
+        .def_readwrite("field2", &BraceInitialization::field2);
 }
 
 template <int N> class BreaksBase { public: virtual ~BreaksBase() = default; };
diff --git a/tests/test_class.py b/tests/test_class.py
index c8ff857..b2cc275 100644
--- a/tests/test_class.py
+++ b/tests/test_class.py
@@ -195,3 +195,10 @@
 
     c = C()
     assert c.foo() == 0
+
+
+def test_brace_initialization():
+    """ Tests that simple POD classes can be constructed using C++11 brace initialization """
+    a = m.BraceInitialization(123, "test")
+    assert a.field1 == 123
+    assert a.field2 == "test"