diff --git a/tool/resources/org/antlr/v4/tool/templates/codegen/Java/Java.stg b/tool/resources/org/antlr/v4/tool/templates/codegen/Java/Java.stg
index 2c62de203..02d8897e9 100644
--- a/tool/resources/org/antlr/v4/tool/templates/codegen/Java/Java.stg
+++ b/tool/resources/org/antlr/v4/tool/templates/codegen/Java/Java.stg
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ public \<T> T accept(ParseTreeVisitor\<? extends T> visitor) {
 }
 >>
 
-AttributeDecl(d) ::= "<d.type> <d.name>"
+AttributeDecl(d) ::= "<d.type> <d.name><if(d.initValue)> = <d.initValue><endif>"
 
 /** If we don't know location of label def x, use this template */
 labelref(x) ::= "<if(!x.isLocal)>((<x.ctx.name>)_localctx).<endif><x.name>"
diff --git a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/model/decl/AttributeDecl.java b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/model/decl/AttributeDecl.java
index 9732ab929..7b77ecd6e 100644
--- a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/model/decl/AttributeDecl.java
+++ b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/model/decl/AttributeDecl.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import org.antlr.v4.tool.Attribute;
 /** */
 public class AttributeDecl extends Decl {
 	public String type;
+	public String initValue;
 	public AttributeDecl(OutputModelFactory factory, Attribute a) {
 		super(factory, a.name, a.decl);
 		this.type = a.type;
+		this.initValue = a.initValue;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestParserExec.java b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestParserExec.java
index 21867a811..2102fd9bc 100644
--- a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestParserExec.java
+++ b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/TestParserExec.java
@@ -567,4 +567,31 @@ public class TestParserExec extends BaseTest {
 		assertEquals("", found);
 		assertNull(stderrDuringParse);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This is a regression test for antlr/antlr4#672 "Initialization failed in
+	 * locals".
+	 * https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/issues/672
+	 */
+	@Test public void testAttributeValueInitialization() throws Exception {
+		String grammar =
+			"grammar Data; \n" +
+			"\n" +
+			"file : group+ EOF; \n" +
+			"\n" +
+			"group: INT sequence {System.out.println($sequence.values.size());} ; \n" +
+			"\n" +
+			"sequence returns [List<Integer> values = new ArrayList<Integer>()] \n" +
+			"  locals[List<Integer> localValues = new ArrayList<Integer>()]\n" +
+			"         : (INT {$localValues.add($INT.int);})* {$values.addAll($localValues);}\n" +
+			"; \n" +
+			"\n" +
+			"INT : [0-9]+ ; // match integers \n" +
+			"WS : [ \\t\\n\\r]+ -> skip ; // toss out all whitespace\n";
+
+		String input = "2 9 10 3 1 2 3";
+		String found = execParser("Data.g4", grammar, "DataParser", "DataLexer", "file", input, false);
+		assertEquals("6\n", found);
+		assertNull(stderrDuringParse);
+	}
 }