diff --git a/src/Expr.cc b/src/Expr.cc
index 32fc9b5acc..0888ee6336 100644
--- a/src/Expr.cc
+++ b/src/Expr.cc
@@ -3537,16 +3537,30 @@ bool TableConstructorExpr::DoUnserialize(UnserialInfo* info)
 	}
 
 SetConstructorExpr::SetConstructorExpr(ListExpr* constructor_list,
-					attr_list* arg_attrs)
+					attr_list* arg_attrs, BroType* arg_type)
 : UnaryExpr(EXPR_SET_CONSTRUCTOR, constructor_list)
 	{
 	if ( IsError() )
 		return;
 
-	if ( constructor_list->Exprs().length() == 0 )
-		SetType(new ::SetType(new TypeList(base_type(TYPE_ANY)), 0));
+	if ( arg_type )
+		{
+		if ( ! arg_type->IsSet() )
+			{
+			Error("bad set constructor type", arg_type);
+			SetError();
+			return;
+			}
+
+		SetType(arg_type->Ref());
+		}
 	else
-		SetType(init_type(constructor_list));
+		{
+		if ( constructor_list->Exprs().length() == 0 )
+			SetType(new ::SetType(new TypeList(base_type(TYPE_ANY)), 0));
+		else
+			SetType(init_type(constructor_list));
+		}
 
 	if ( ! type )
 		SetError();
@@ -3555,6 +3569,43 @@ SetConstructorExpr::SetConstructorExpr(ListExpr* constructor_list,
 		SetError("values in set(...) constructor do not specify a set");
 
 	attrs = arg_attrs ? new Attributes(arg_attrs, type, false) : 0;
+
+	type_list* indices = type->AsTableType()->Indices()->Types();
+	expr_list& cle = constructor_list->Exprs();
+
+	loop_over_list(cle, i)
+		{
+		Expr* ce = cle[i];
+
+		if ( ce->Tag() == EXPR_LIST )
+			{
+			// check promote each expression in composite index
+			expr_list& el = ce->AsListExpr()->Exprs();
+
+			if ( el.length() != indices->length() )
+				{
+				ExprError("inconsistent index type length in set constructor");
+				return;
+				}
+
+			loop_over_list(el, j)
+				{
+				Expr* e = el[j];
+
+				if ( ! check_and_promote_expr(e, (*indices)[j]) )
+					{
+					ExprError("inconsistent index type in set constructor");
+					return;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		else if ( indices->length() == 1 )
+			{
+			if ( ! check_and_promote_expr(ce, (*indices)[0]) )
+				ExprError("inconsistent index type in set constructor");
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 Val* SetConstructorExpr::Eval(Frame* f) const
diff --git a/src/Expr.h b/src/Expr.h
index edc1ced6e5..e2cc1375a3 100644
--- a/src/Expr.h
+++ b/src/Expr.h
@@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ protected:
 
 class SetConstructorExpr : public UnaryExpr {
 public:
-	SetConstructorExpr(ListExpr* constructor_list, attr_list* attrs);
+	SetConstructorExpr(ListExpr* constructor_list, attr_list* attrs,
+	                   BroType* arg_type = 0);
 	~SetConstructorExpr()	{ Unref(attrs); }
 
 	Attributes* Attrs() { return attrs; }
diff --git a/src/parse.y b/src/parse.y
index bfaf282c6a..ac57dea5e9 100644
--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -546,6 +546,15 @@ expr:
 					$$ = new RecordConstructorExpr($4, ctor_type);
 					break;
 				case TYPE_TABLE:
+					if ( ctor_type->IsTable() )
+						{
+						$1->Error("constructor type not implemented");
+						YYERROR;
+						}
+					else
+						$$ = new SetConstructorExpr($4, 0, ctor_type);
+
+					break;
 				case TYPE_VECTOR:
 				default:
 					$1->Error("constructor type not implemented");
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-ctors/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-ctors/out
rename to testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-set-ctors/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-set-ctors/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7b0ca6b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-set-ctors/out
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+1,
+5,
+3
+}
+{
+[test, 1] ,
+[cool, 2] 
+}
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/named-ctors.bro b/testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/btest/language/named-ctors.bro
rename to testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/named-set-ctors.bro b/testing/btest/language/named-set-ctors.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c7e0b1398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/language/named-set-ctors.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro -b %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+type FooSet: set[count];
+type FooSetComp: set[string, count];
+
+global myset: FooSet = FooSet(1, 5, 3);
+global mysetcomp: FooSetComp = FooSetComp(["test", 1], ["cool", 2]);
+
+print myset;
+print mysetcomp;