diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index c61b64d..fb2cbe7 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -20844,10 +20844,10 @@
 	else if (br_nest == 0 && mb_nest == 0 && *p == ':')
 	{
 	    /* "s:" is start of "s:var", but "n:" is not and can be used in
-	     * slice "[n:]".  Also "xx:" is not a namespace. */
+	     * slice "[n:]".  Also "xx:" is not a namespace. But {ns}: is. */
 	    len = (int)(p - arg);
 	    if ((len == 1 && vim_strchr(NAMESPACE_CHAR, *arg) == NULL)
-		    || len > 1)
+		    || (len > 1 && p[-1] != '}'))
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_viml.vim b/src/testdir/test_viml.vim
index 5d65953..07286fb 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_viml.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_viml.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 " Test various aspects of the Vim language.
-" This was formerly in test49.
+" Most of this was formerly in test49.
 
 "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " Test environment							    {{{1
@@ -906,6 +906,20 @@
     call assert_equal('acdfh-acfh', g:test15_result)
 endfunc
 
+"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Test 90:  Recognizing {} in variable name.			    {{{1
+"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func Test_curlies()
+    let s:var = 66
+    let ns = 's'
+    call assert_equal(66, {ns}:var)
+
+    let g:a = {}
+    let g:b = 't'
+    let g:a[g:b] = 77
+    call assert_equal(77, g:a['t'])
+endfunc
 
 "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " Modelines								    {{{1
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4cce40b..8d9fda8 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1113,
+/**/
     1112,
 /**/
     1111,