diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 87e50453eb..30a9395a4f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Dec 16 12:24:59 2015  Marc-Andre Lafortune  <ruby-core@marc-andre.ca>
+
+	* test_struct.rb: Test that initialize is overridable [#11708]
+
 Wed Dec 16 10:49:51 2015  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* parse.y (block_command, block_call): fix `&.` calls after
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_struct.rb b/test/ruby/test_struct.rb
index 780d344b8e..19a66fb9b1 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_struct.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_struct.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ module TestStruct
   def test_initialize
     klass = @Struct.new(:a)
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { klass.new(1, 2) }
+    klass = @Struct.new(:total) do
+      def initialize(a, b)
+        super(a+b)
+      end
+    end
+    assert_equal 3, klass.new(1,2).total
   end
 
   def test_each