diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
index 8a532d62a71e..5847945a4f8e 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -1604,6 +1604,8 @@ def err_base_init_does_not_name_class : Error<
 def err_base_init_direct_and_virtual : Error<
   "base class initializer %0 names both a direct base class and an "
   "inherited virtual base class">;
+def err_not_direct_base_or_virtual : Error<
+  "type %0 is not a direct or virtual base of '%1'">;
 
 def err_in_class_initializer_non_integral_type : Error<
   "in-class initializer has non-integral, non-enumeration type %0">;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclCXX.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclCXX.cpp
index 77823c3b820e..546c783a6237 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclCXX.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclCXX.cpp
@@ -750,6 +750,15 @@ Sema::ActOnMemInitializer(DeclPtrTy ConstructorD,
   if (DirectBaseSpec && VirtualBaseSpec)
     return Diag(IdLoc, diag::err_base_init_direct_and_virtual)
       << MemberOrBase << SourceRange(IdLoc, RParenLoc);
+  // C++ [base.class.init]p2:
+  // Unless the mem-initializer-id names a nonstatic data membeer of the
+  // constructor's class ot a direst or virtual base of that class, the
+  // mem-initializer is ill-formed.
+  if (!DirectBaseSpec && !VirtualBaseSpec)
+    return Diag(IdLoc, diag::err_not_direct_base_or_virtual)
+    << BaseType << ClassDecl->getNameAsCString()
+    << SourceRange(IdLoc, RParenLoc);
+    
 
   return new CXXBaseOrMemberInitializer(BaseType, (Expr **)Args, NumArgs, 
                                         IdLoc);
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/constructor-initializer.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/constructor-initializer.cpp
index d0c978a80d15..d8b95cec4cd9 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/constructor-initializer.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/constructor-initializer.cpp
@@ -54,3 +54,15 @@ class H : A {
 
 H::H() : A(10) { }
 
+
+class  X {};
+class Y {};
+
+struct S : Y, virtual X {
+  S (); 
+};
+
+struct Z : S { 
+  Z() : S(), X(), E()  {} // expected-error {{type 'class E' is not a direct or virtual base of 'Z'}}
+};
+