diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/CppTranslator.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/CppTranslator.scala
index 8218d50d6..0d4dac5be 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/CppTranslator.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/CppTranslator.scala
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ class CppTranslator(provider: TypeProvider, importListSrc: CppImportList, import
 
   override def doByteArrayLiteral(arr: Seq[Byte]): String =
     "std::string(\"" + Utils.hexEscapeByteArray(arr) + "\", " + arr.length + ")"
+  override def doByteArrayNonLiteral(values: Seq[Ast.expr]): String =
+    doArrayLiteral(DataType.Int1Type(false), values)
 
   override def numericBinOp(left: Ast.expr, op: Ast.operator, right: Ast.expr) = {
     (detectType(left), detectType(right), op) match {