diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index c7cf1ca7..f12ac7d0 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -6965,6 +6965,28 @@ static int dofor(void)
         autozero=1;
         declloc(tok.id); /* declare local variable */
         break;
+      case tSYMBOL:
+      {
+        // See comment in statement() near tSYMBOL.
+        int is_decl = FALSE;
+        if (matchtoken('[')) {
+          if (lexpeek(']'))
+            is_decl = TRUE;
+          lexpush();
+        } else if (lexpeek(tSYMBOL)) {
+          is_decl = TRUE;
+        }
+
+        if (is_decl) {
+          lexpush();
+          nestlevel++;
+          autozero=1;
+          declloc(tSYMBOL);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        // Fall-through to default!
+      }
       default:
         lexpush();
         doexpr(TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,NULL,NULL,FALSE);  /* expression 1 */
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-for-newdecl.sp b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-for-newdecl.sp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..575151d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-for-newdecl.sp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+public OnPluginStart()
+{
+	for (bool x; x;) {
+	}
+}