diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
index 3879b48cb..6b988533d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp	
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,16 @@ qCalculateGrowingBlockSize(size_t elementCount, size_t elementSize, size_t heade
 QT_WARNING_PUSH
 QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC("-Wmissing-field-initializers")
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 const QArrayData QArrayData::shared_null[2] = {
     { Q_REFCOUNT_INITIALIZE_STATIC, 0, 0, 0, sizeof(QArrayData) }, // shared null
     /* zero initialized terminator */};
+#else
+struct QArrayDataNull{
+    static constexpr const QArrayData shared_null_constexpr[2] = {{ Q_REFCOUNT_INITIALIZE_STATIC, 0, 0, 0, sizeof(QArrayData) }, };
+}; // MSVC workaround for static initialization issues
+const QArrayData QArrayData::shared_null[2] = QArrayDataNull::shared_null_constexpr;
+#endif
 
 static const QArrayData qt_array[3] = {
     { Q_REFCOUNT_INITIALIZE_STATIC, 0, 0, 0, sizeof(QArrayData) }, // shared empty