diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3cc1b10..af77b0b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.0.0-b39
 
 * Use beast::string_view alias
+* Fixed braced-init error with older gcc
 
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diff --git a/extras/beast/unit_test/main.cpp b/extras/beast/unit_test/main.cpp
index 93435ab6..bbdf32ec 100644
--- a/extras/beast/unit_test/main.cpp
+++ b/extras/beast/unit_test/main.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int main(int ac, char const* av[])
     po::store(po::parse_command_line(ac, av, desc), vm);
     po::notify(vm);
 
-    dstream log{std::cerr};
+    dstream log(std::cerr);
     std::unitbuf(log);
 
     if(vm.count("help"))