diff --git a/include/etl/expected.h b/include/etl/expected.h
index 0dc4a584..d73fd6f8 100644
--- a/include/etl/expected.h
+++ b/include/etl/expected.h
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ namespace etl
     //*******************************************
     template <typename... Args>
     ETL_CONSTEXPR14 explicit expected(etl::in_place_t, Args&&... args)
-      : storage(etl::forward<Args>(args)...)
+      : storage(etl::in_place_index_t<Value_Type>(), etl::forward<Args>(args)...)
     {
     }
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ namespace etl
     //*******************************************
     template <typename U, typename... Args>
     ETL_CONSTEXPR14 explicit expected(etl::in_place_t, std::initializer_list<U> il, Args&&... args)
-      : storage(il, etl::forward<Args>(args)...)
+      : storage(etl::in_place_index_t<Value_Type>(), il, etl::forward<Args>(args)...)
     {
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/test/test_expected.cpp b/test/test_expected.cpp
index 11f2d8b3..ddd686f9 100644
--- a/test/test_expected.cpp
+++ b/test/test_expected.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,39 @@ namespace
       CHECK_TRUE(output.v == input.v);
     }
 
+    //*************************************************************************
+    TEST(test_constructor_in_place_result_with_value)
+    {
+      struct ValueInPlace
+      { 
+        ValueInPlace()
+          : a(0)
+          , b(0)
+        {
+        }
+
+        ValueInPlace(int a_, int b_)
+          : a(a_)
+          , b(b_)
+        {
+        }
+
+        int a;
+        int b;
+      };
+
+      using ExpectedInPlace = etl::expected<ValueInPlace,  Error>;
+
+      ExpectedInPlace expected(etl::in_place, 1, 2);
+
+      ValueInPlace output = expected.value();
+
+      CHECK_TRUE(expected.has_value());
+      CHECK_TRUE(bool(expected));
+      CHECK_TRUE(output.a == 1);
+      CHECK_TRUE(output.b == 2);
+    }
+
     //*************************************************************************
     TEST(test_constructor_for_const_result_with_value)
     {