diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c67fb142..0db77cc7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   literal such as ‘"number"’.  The postfix quantifiers are ‘?’ (zero or
   one), ‘*’ (zero or more) and ‘+’ (one or more).
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release 3.2.4 (2018-12-24) [stable]
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Fix the move constructor of symbol_type.
+
+  Always provide a copy constructor for symbol_type, even in modern C++.
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.2.3 (2018-12-18) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/data/c++.m4 b/data/c++.m4
index 3dea30a4..dbf0647a 100644
--- a/data/c++.m4
+++ b/data/c++.m4
@@ -258,8 +258,13 @@ m4_define([b4_symbol_type_declare],
       /// Default constructor.
       basic_symbol ();
 
-      /// Move or copy constructor.
-      basic_symbol (YY_RVREF (basic_symbol) that);]b4_variant_if([[
+#if 201103L <= YY_CPLUSPLUS
+      /// Move constructor.
+      basic_symbol (basic_symbol&& that);
+#endif
+
+      /// Copy constructor.
+      basic_symbol (const basic_symbol& that);]b4_variant_if([[
 
       /// Constructor for valueless symbols, and symbols from each type.
 ]b4_type_foreach([b4_basic_symbol_constructor_declare])], [[
@@ -303,8 +308,13 @@ m4_define([b4_symbol_type_declare],
       /// Default constructor.
       by_type ();
 
-      /// Move or copy constructor.
-      by_type (YY_RVREF (by_type) that);
+#if 201103L <= YY_CPLUSPLUS
+      /// Move constructor.
+      by_type (by_type&& that);
+#endif
+
+      /// Copy constructor.
+      by_type (const by_type& that);
 
       /// The symbol type as needed by the constructor.
       typedef token_type kind_type;
@@ -362,13 +372,25 @@ m4_define([b4_public_types_define],
     , location ()])[
   {}
 
+#if 201103L <= YY_CPLUSPLUS
   template <typename Base>
-  ]b4_parser_class_name[::basic_symbol<Base>::basic_symbol (YY_RVREF (basic_symbol) that)
-    : Base (YY_MOVE (that))
-    , value (]b4_variant_if([], [YY_MOVE (that.value)]))b4_locations_if([
-    , location (YY_MOVE (that.location))])[
+  ]b4_parser_class_name[::basic_symbol<Base>::basic_symbol (basic_symbol&& that)
+    : Base (std::move (that))
+    , value (]b4_variant_if([], [std::move (that.value)]))b4_locations_if([
+    , location (std::move (that.location))])[
   {]b4_variant_if([
-    b4_symbol_variant([this->type_get ()], [value], [YY_MOVE_OR_COPY],
+    b4_symbol_variant([this->type_get ()], [value], [move],
+                      [std::move (that.value)])
+  ])[}
+#endif
+
+  template <typename Base>
+  ]b4_parser_class_name[::basic_symbol<Base>::basic_symbol (const basic_symbol& that)
+    : Base (that)
+    , value (]b4_variant_if([], [that.value]))b4_locations_if([
+    , location (that.location)])[
+  {]b4_variant_if([
+    b4_symbol_variant([this->type_get ()], [value], [copy],
                       [YY_MOVE (that.value)])
   ])[}
 
@@ -452,11 +474,11 @@ m4_define([b4_public_types_define],
   {
     that.clear ();
   }
-#else
+#endif
+
   ]b4_inline([$1])b4_parser_class_name[::by_type::by_type (const by_type& that)
     : type (that.type)
   {}
-#endif
 
   ]b4_inline([$1])b4_parser_class_name[::by_type::by_type (token_type t)
     : type (yytranslate_ (t))
diff --git a/tests/c++.at b/tests/c++.at
index 8be85b8a..92697379 100644
--- a/tests/c++.at
+++ b/tests/c++.at
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ int main()
   }
 #endif
 
+  // symbol_type: copy constructor.
+  {
+    parser::symbol_type s = parser::make_INT (51);
+    parser::symbol_type s2 = s;
+    assert_eq (s.value.as<int> (), 51);
+    assert_eq (s2.value.as<int> (), 51);
+  }
+
   // stack_symbol_type: construction, accessor.
   {
 #if 201103L <= YY_CPLUSPLUS