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..f6da9ebe0 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 +117,16 @@ 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 = {
+    // It is assumed that every expression produces integer in the range [0; 255]
+    if (config.cppConfig.useListInitializers) {
+      "std::string({" + values.map(value => s"(char)(${translate(value)})").mkString(", ") + "})"
+    } else {
+      // TODO: We need to produce an expression, but this is possible only with initializer lists
+      // or variadic templates (if use a helper function) which both available only since C++11
+      throw new RuntimeException("C++ non-literal arrays are not implemented yet without list initializers")
+    }
+  }
 
   override def numericBinOp(left: Ast.expr, op: Ast.operator, right: Ast.expr) = {
     (detectType(left), detectType(right), op) match {