diff --git a/src/elements/command/case.rs b/src/elements/command/case.rs
index 60aec650..d5e04ebb 100644
--- a/src/elements/command/case.rs
+++ b/src/elements/command/case.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ impl CaseCommand {
             if feeder.len() == 0 {
                 feeder.feed_additional_line(core)?;
             }
+
+            if feeder.starts_with("esac") {
+                ans.text += &feeder.consume(4);
+                esac = true;
+                break;
+            }
+
             let mut patterns = vec![];
             if ! Self::eat_patterns(feeder, &mut patterns, &mut ans.text, core)? {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/elements/command/error b/src/elements/command/error
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddcd8cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/command/error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../test/test_compound.bash
diff --git a/test/test_compound.bash b/test/test_compound.bash
index 7b46d1f5..43f744cf 100755
--- a/test/test_compound.bash
+++ b/test/test_compound.bash
@@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ aaa) echo OK ;;
 	')
 [ "$res" = "" ] || err $LINENO
 
+res=$($com <<< '
+case xterm-color in
+    xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=yes;;
+esac
+echo $color_prompt
+'
+)
+[ "$res" = "yes" ] || err $LINENO
+
+
 
 res=$($com <<< 'case aaa in aaa) echo OK1 ;;& bbb) echo OK2 ;& aaa) echo OK3 ;; esac')
 [ "$res" = "OK1