diff --git a/src/dinterpret.d b/src/dinterpret.d
index cb0de7557063..289db034e096 100644
--- a/src/dinterpret.d
+++ b/src/dinterpret.d
@@ -5446,7 +5446,18 @@ public:
         }
         // We know we still own it, because we interpreted both e1 and e2
         if (result.op == TOKarrayliteral)
-            (cast(ArrayLiteralExp)result).ownedByCtfe = OWNEDctfe;
+        {
+            ArrayLiteralExp ale = cast(ArrayLiteralExp)result;
+            ale.ownedByCtfe = OWNEDctfe;
+
+            // Bugzilla 14686
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < ale.elements.dim; i++)
+            {
+                Expression ex = evaluatePostblit(istate, (*ale.elements)[i]);
+                if (exceptionOrCant(ex))
+                    return;
+            }
+        }
         if (result.op == TOKstring)
             (cast(StringExp)result).ownedByCtfe = OWNEDctfe;
     }
diff --git a/src/expression.d b/src/expression.d
index e11937edd462..e4d9d8b0ca35 100644
--- a/src/expression.d
+++ b/src/expression.d
@@ -13213,18 +13213,31 @@ public:
         // Check for: array ~ element
         if ((tb1.ty == Tsarray || tb1.ty == Tarray) && tb2.ty != Tvoid)
         {
-            if (e1.op == TOKarrayliteral && e1.implicitConvTo(tb2.arrayOf()))
+            if (e1.op == TOKarrayliteral)
+            {
+                e2 = e2.isLvalue() ? callCpCtor(sc, e2) : valueNoDtor(e2);
+                // Bugzilla 14686: Postblit call appears in AST, and this is
+                // finally translated  to an ArrayLiteralExp in below otpimize().
+            }
+            else if (e1.op == TOKstring)
+            {
+                // No postblit call exists on character (integer) value.
+            }
+            else
             {
                 if (e2.checkPostblit(sc, tb2))
                     return new ErrorExp();
+                // Postblit call will be done in runtime helper function
+            }
+
+            if (e1.op == TOKarrayliteral && e1.implicitConvTo(tb2.arrayOf()))
+            {
                 e1 = e1.implicitCastTo(sc, tb2.arrayOf());
                 type = tb2.arrayOf();
                 goto L2elem;
             }
             if (e2.implicitConvTo(tb1next) >= MATCHconvert)
             {
-                if (e2.checkPostblit(sc, tb2))
-                    return new ErrorExp();
                 e2 = e2.implicitCastTo(sc, tb1next);
                 type = tb1next.arrayOf();
             L2elem:
@@ -13234,24 +13247,33 @@ public:
                     e2 = new ArrayLiteralExp(e2.loc, e2);
                     e2.type = type;
                 }
-                return this;
+                return optimize(WANTvalue);
             }
         }
         // Check for: element ~ array
         if ((tb2.ty == Tsarray || tb2.ty == Tarray) && tb1.ty != Tvoid)
         {
-            if (e2.op == TOKarrayliteral && e2.implicitConvTo(tb1.arrayOf()))
+            if (e2.op == TOKarrayliteral)
+            {
+                e1 = e1.isLvalue() ? callCpCtor(sc, e1) : valueNoDtor(e1);
+            }
+            else if (e2.op == TOKstring)
+            {
+            }
+            else
             {
                 if (e1.checkPostblit(sc, tb1))
                     return new ErrorExp();
+            }
+
+            if (e2.op == TOKarrayliteral && e2.implicitConvTo(tb1.arrayOf()))
+            {
                 e2 = e2.implicitCastTo(sc, tb1.arrayOf());
                 type = tb1.arrayOf();
                 goto L1elem;
             }
             if (e1.implicitConvTo(tb2next) >= MATCHconvert)
             {
-                if (e1.checkPostblit(sc, tb1))
-                    return new ErrorExp();
                 e1 = e1.implicitCastTo(sc, tb2next);
                 type = tb2next.arrayOf();
             L1elem:
@@ -13261,7 +13283,7 @@ public:
                     e1 = new ArrayLiteralExp(e1.loc, e1);
                     e1.type = type;
                 }
-                return this;
+                return optimize(WANTvalue);
             }
         }
     Lpeer:
@@ -13302,20 +13324,17 @@ public:
         }
         Type t1 = e1.type.toBasetype();
         Type t2 = e2.type.toBasetype();
-        if (e1.op == TOKstring && e2.op == TOKstring)
+        if ((t1.ty == Tarray || t1.ty == Tsarray) &&
+            (t2.ty == Tarray || t2.ty == Tsarray))
         {
+            // Normalize to ArrayLiteralExp or StringExp as far as possible
             e = optimize(WANTvalue);
         }
-        else if ((t1.ty == Tarray || t1.ty == Tsarray) && (t2.ty == Tarray || t2.ty == Tsarray))
-        {
-            e = this;
-        }
         else
         {
             //printf("(%s) ~ (%s)\n", e1->toChars(), e2->toChars());
             return incompatibleTypes();
         }
-        e.type = e.type.semantic(loc, sc);
         return e;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/runnable/sdtor.d b/test/runnable/sdtor.d
index 97208a96bdbb..97182cd78aa2 100644
--- a/test/runnable/sdtor.d
+++ b/test/runnable/sdtor.d
@@ -3942,6 +3942,50 @@ void test14264()
     assert(dtor == 4);
 }
 
+/**********************************/
+// 14686
+
+int test14686()
+{
+    string r;
+
+    struct S
+    {
+        int n;
+        this(this) { r ~= cast(char)('0' + n); }
+    }
+
+    S s1 = S(1);
+    S s2 = S(2);
+    S[] a1 = [S(1)];
+
+    S[2] sa1 = [s1, s2];
+    assert(r == "12", r);       // OK
+
+    r = "";
+    S[] a2 = a1 ~ s2;           // runtime concatenation
+    assert(r == "12", r);       // OK <- NG only in CTFE
+
+    r = "";
+    S[2] sa2a = [s1] ~ s2;
+    assert(r == "12", r);       // OK <- NG, s2 is not copied
+
+    r = "";
+    S[2] sa2b = s2 ~ [s1];
+    assert(r == "21", r);       // OK <- NG, s2 is not copied
+
+    r = "";
+    S[3] sa3a = ([s1] ~ [s1]) ~ s2;
+    assert(r == "112", r);      // OK <- NG, s2 is not copied
+
+    r = "";
+    S[3] sa3b = s2 ~ ([s1] ~ [s1]);
+    assert(r == "211", r);      // OK <- NG, s2 is not copied
+
+    return 1;
+}
+static assert(test14686());
+
 /**********************************/
 // 14815
 
@@ -4315,6 +4359,7 @@ int main()
     test13669();
     test13095();
     test14264();
+    test14686();
     test14815();
     test14860();
     test14696();