diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index ee6c0ef92..584647227 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
 
   <release version="3.7" date="tba" description="tba">
     <action issue="LANG-1346" type="update" dev="pschumacher">Remove deprecation from RandomStringUtils</action>
+    <action issue="LANG-1350" type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Brett Kail">ConstructorUtils.invokeConstructor(Class, Object...) regression</action>
   </release>
 
   <release version="3.6" date="2017-06-08" description="New features and bug fixes. Requires Java 7.">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MemberUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MemberUtils.java
index 86c5411b4..9523858db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MemberUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MemberUtils.java
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ static boolean isMatchingConstructor(final Constructor<?> method, final Class<?>
 
     private static boolean isMatchingExecutable(final Executable method, final Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
         final Class<?>[] methodParameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
+        if (ClassUtils.isAssignable(parameterTypes, methodParameterTypes, true)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (method.isVarArgs()) {
             int i;
             for (i = 0; i < methodParameterTypes.length - 1 && i < parameterTypes.length; i++) {
@@ -270,7 +274,8 @@ private static boolean isMatchingExecutable(final Executable method, final Class
             }
             return true;
         }
-        return ClassUtils.isAssignable(parameterTypes, methodParameterTypes, true);
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/ConstructorUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/ConstructorUtilsTest.java
index 9cd39c4f3..06e388edc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/ConstructorUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/ConstructorUtilsTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ public TestBean(final String... s) {
             varArgs = s;
         }
 
+        public TestBean(final BaseClass bc, String... s) {
+            toString = "(BaseClass, String...)";
+            varArgs = s;
+        }
+
         public TestBean(final Integer i, final String... s) {
             toString = "(Integer, String...)";
             varArgs = s;
@@ -101,6 +106,10 @@ void verify(final String str, final String[] args) {
         }
     }
 
+    private static class BaseClass {}
+
+    private static class SubClass extends BaseClass {}
+
     static class PrivateClass {
         @SuppressWarnings("unused")
         public PrivateClass() {
@@ -157,6 +166,8 @@ public void testInvokeConstructor() throws Exception {
           .verify("(String...)", new String[]{"a", "b"});
         ConstructorUtils.invokeConstructor(TestBean.class, NumberUtils.INTEGER_ONE, "a", "b")
           .verify("(Integer, String...)", new String[]{"a", "b"});
+        ConstructorUtils.invokeConstructor(TestBean.class, new SubClass(), new String[]{"a", "b"})
+          .verify("(BaseClass, String...)", new String[]{"a", "b"});
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -252,6 +263,9 @@ public void testGetMatchingAccessibleMethod() throws Exception {
                 singletonArray(Double.class), singletonArray(Double.TYPE));
         expectMatchingAccessibleConstructorParameterTypes(TestBean.class,
                 singletonArray(Double.TYPE), singletonArray(Double.TYPE));
+        expectMatchingAccessibleConstructorParameterTypes(TestBean.class,
+                new Class<?>[]{SubClass.class, String[].class},
+                new Class<?>[]{BaseClass.class, String[].class});
     }
 
     @Test