diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 361fee9c8..026b91180 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  * Standard JSON: Populate the ``sourceLocation`` field in the error list.
  * Type Checker: Suggest the experimental ABI encoder if using ``struct``s as function parameters
    (instead of an internal compiler error).
+ * Type Checker: Improve error message for wrong struct initialization.
 
 ### 0.4.19 (2017-11-30)
 
diff --git a/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp b/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
index 090e5159c..75d719250 100644
--- a/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
@@ -1551,8 +1551,12 @@ bool TypeChecker::visit(FunctionCall const& _functionCall)
 
 	if (!functionType->takesArbitraryParameters() && parameterTypes.size() != arguments.size())
 	{
+		bool isStructConstructorCall = _functionCall.annotation().kind == FunctionCallKind::StructConstructorCall;
+
 		string msg =
-			"Wrong argument count for function call: " +
+			"Wrong argument count for " +
+			string(isStructConstructorCall ? "struct constructor" : "function call") +
+			": " +
 			toString(arguments.size()) +
 			" arguments given but expected " +
 			toString(parameterTypes.size()) +
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
index 8f58dcb15..eb6a440e1 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
@@ -3608,6 +3608,20 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(invalid_args_creating_memory_array)
 	CHECK_ERROR(text, TypeError, "Wrong argument count for function call: 0 arguments given but expected 1.");
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(invalid_args_creating_struct)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract C {
+			struct S { uint a; uint b; }
+
+			function f() public {
+				var s = S({a: 1});
+			}
+		}
+	)";
+	CHECK_ERROR(text, TypeError, "Wrong argument count for struct constructor: 1 arguments given but expected 2.");
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(function_overload_array_type)
 {
 	char const* text = R"(