diff --git a/expand.cpp b/expand.cpp
index 4a3eaf015..76b16ae55 100644
--- a/expand.cpp
+++ b/expand.cpp
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int parse_slice( const wchar_t *in, wchar_t **end_ptr, std::vector<long>
 	
 	int pos = 1;
     
-    //	debug( 0, L"parse_slice on '%ls'", in );
+    // debug( 0, L"parse_slice on '%ls'", in );
 	
 	while( 1 )
 	{
@@ -758,6 +758,8 @@ static int parse_slice( const wchar_t *in, wchar_t **end_ptr, std::vector<long>
 		
         long i1 = tmp>-1 ? tmp : size+tmp+1;
 		pos = end-in;
+        while( in[pos]==INTERNAL_SEPARATOR )
+            pos++;		
         if ( in[pos]==L'.' && in[pos+1]==L'.' ){
             pos+=2;
             while( in[pos]==INTERNAL_SEPARATOR )
diff --git a/tests/test8.in b/tests/test8.in
index 3a76e8bf8..c3c733848 100644
--- a/tests/test8.in
+++ b/tests/test8.in
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ set test1[2..4 -2..-4] $test1[4..2 -4..-2]; echo $test1
 echo Test command substitution
 echo (seq 5)[-1..1]
 echo (seq $n)[3..5 -2..2]
+
+echo Test more
+echo $test[(count $test)..1]
+echo $test[1..(count $test)]
diff --git a/tests/test8.out b/tests/test8.out
index 82bf40942..72af9bb81 100644
--- a/tests/test8.out
+++ b/tests/test8.out
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ Test variable set
 Test command substitution
 5 4 3 2 1
 3 4 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
+Test more
+10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10