diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/doxygen_parsing.i b/Examples/test-suite/doxygen_parsing.i
index d94c60222..670d8699b 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/doxygen_parsing.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/doxygen_parsing.i
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ int someVar=42;
 class SomeAnotherClass
 {
 public:
+	/// First overloaded constructor.
+	SomeAnotherClass(int) { }
+
+	/// Second overloaded constructor.
+	SomeAnotherClass(const char*) { }
+
 
 	/**
 	 * The class attribute comment
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/doxygen_parsing_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/doxygen_parsing_runme.py
index c850e419d..54e2667b3 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/doxygen_parsing_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/doxygen_parsing_runme.py
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ commentVerifier.check(doxygen_parsing.SomeStruct.__doc__,
     r"""
     The struct comment
     """)
+commentVerifier.check(doxygen_parsing.SomeAnotherClass.__init__.__doc__,
+    r"""
+        *Overload 1:*
+         First overloaded constructor.
+
+        *Overload 2:*
+         Second overloaded constructor.
+
+        """)
 commentVerifier.check(doxygen_parsing.SomeAnotherClass.classMethod.__doc__,
     r"""
         The class method comment.
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
index e7a55e1ba..6d904f6c4 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ String *PyDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *n)
   currentNode = n;
 
   // for overloaded functions we must concat documentation for underlying overloads
-  if (Checkattr(n, "kind", "function") && Getattr(n, "sym:overloaded")) {
+  if (Getattr(n, "sym:overloaded")) {
     // rewind to the first overload
     while (Getattr(n, "sym:previousSibling"))
       n = Getattr(n, "sym:previousSibling");