diff --git a/include/boost/hana/functional/overload.hpp b/include/boost/hana/functional/overload.hpp
index d8ce96a5ac..522f241d54 100644
--- a/include/boost/hana/functional/overload.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/hana/functional/overload.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 
 #include <boost/hana/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/hana/detail/decay.hpp>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 
 BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
         using overload_t<F>::type::operator();
         using overload_t<G...>::type::operator();
 
-        template <typename F_, typename ...G_>
+        template <typename F_, typename ...G_,
+                  typename = std::enable_if_t<
+                     !std::is_same<overload_t,std::decay_t<F_>>::value
+                 >>
         constexpr explicit overload_t(F_&& f, G_&& ...g)
             : overload_t<F>::type(static_cast<F_&&>(f))
             , overload_t<G...>::type(static_cast<G_&&>(g)...)
diff --git a/test/issues/github_412.cpp b/test/issues/github_412.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8e66964cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues/github_412.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "boost/hana.hpp"
+
+constexpr int f() { return 12; }
+constexpr int g(int) { return 42; }
+
+
+
+// This test makes sure that overload can
+// be copy constructed
+int main() {
+    auto a = boost::hana::overload(f,g);
+    auto b(a);
+
+
+    BOOST_HANA_RUNTIME_CHECK(b() == 12);
+    BOOST_HANA_RUNTIME_CHECK(b(1) == 42);
+}