diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
index 421229f..7658d83 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
@@ -657,6 +657,24 @@
       assert_equal(3, &ts)
       assert_equal(4, &sw)
       set ts=8 sw=4
+
+      [@a, @z] = ['aa', 'zz']
+      assert_equal('aa', @a)
+      assert_equal('zz', @z)
+
+      [$SOME_VAR, $OTHER_VAR] = ['some', 'other']
+      assert_equal('some', $SOME_VAR)
+      assert_equal('other', $OTHER_VAR)
+
+      [g:globalvar, s:scriptvar, b:bufvar, w:winvar, t:tabvar, v:errmsg] =
+            ['global', 'script', 'buf', 'win', 'tab', 'error']
+      assert_equal('global', g:globalvar)
+      assert_equal('script', s:scriptvar)
+      assert_equal('buf', b:bufvar)
+      assert_equal('win', w:winvar)
+      assert_equal('tab', t:tabvar)
+      assert_equal('error', v:errmsg)
+      unlet g:globalvar
   END
   CheckDefAndScriptSuccess(lines)
 enddef
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8457133..d4023e8 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2072,
+/**/
     2071,
 /**/
     2070,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 0620be0..1e65239 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -5123,7 +5123,7 @@
 	// can be something like "[1, 2]->func()"
 	return arg;
 
-    if (oplen > 0 && (!VIM_ISWHITE(*sp) || !VIM_ISWHITE(op[oplen])))
+    if (oplen > 0 && (!VIM_ISWHITE(*sp) || !IS_WHITE_OR_NUL(op[oplen])))
     {
 	error_white_both(op, oplen);
 	return NULL;
@@ -5159,10 +5159,16 @@
     }
     else if (var_count > 0)
     {
+	char_u *wp;
+
 	// for "[var, var] = expr" evaluate the expression here, loop over the
 	// list of variables below.
+	// A line break may follow the "=".
 
-	p = skipwhite(op + oplen);
+	wp = op + oplen;
+	p = skipwhite(wp);
+	if (may_get_next_line(wp, &p, cctx) == FAIL)
+	    return FAIL;
 	if (compile_expr0(&p, cctx) == FAIL)
 	    return NULL;
 	end = p;