diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
index d9e5428d..332227c1 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ uses the standard template types.
 */
 using json = basic_json<>;
 
-template<class Key, class T, class IgnoredLess, class Allocator, class Container>
+template<class Key, class T, class IgnoredLess, class Allocator>
 struct ordered_map;
 
 /*!
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp b/include/nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp
index 4a71951d..29c52016 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ struct ordered_map : std::vector<std::pair<const Key, T>, Allocator>
     using typename Container::value_type;
 
     // Explicit constructors instead of `using Container::Container`
-    // otherwise older compilers like GCC 5.5 choke on it
+    // otherwise older compilers choke on it (GCC <= 5.5, xcode <= 9.4)
     ordered_map(const Allocator& alloc = Allocator()) : Container{alloc} {}
     template <class It>
     ordered_map(It first, It last, const Allocator& alloc = Allocator())
         : Container{first, last, alloc} {}
+    ordered_map(std::initializer_list<T> init, const Allocator& alloc = Allocator() )
+        : Container{init, alloc} {}
 
     std::pair<iterator, bool> emplace(key_type&& key, T&& t)
     {
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index e5e3bc3e..850ee6ab 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -15891,11 +15891,13 @@ struct ordered_map : std::vector<std::pair<const Key, T>, Allocator>
     using typename Container::value_type;
 
     // Explicit constructors instead of `using Container::Container`
-    // otherwise older compilers like GCC 5.5 choke on it
+    // otherwise older compilers choke on it (GCC <= 5.5, xcode <= 9.4)
     ordered_map(const Allocator& alloc = Allocator()) : Container{alloc} {}
     template <class It>
     ordered_map(It first, It last, const Allocator& alloc = Allocator())
         : Container{first, last, alloc} {}
+    ordered_map(std::initializer_list<T> init, const Allocator& alloc = Allocator() )
+        : Container{init, alloc} {}
 
     std::pair<iterator, bool> emplace(key_type&& key, T&& t)
     {