diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index f1dc01f440..23c43cb67f 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ compiler gcc:
     linkLibCmd: " -l$1",
     debug: "",
     pic: "-fPIC",
-    asmStmtFrmt: "asm($1);$n",
+    asmStmtFrmt: "__asm__($1);$n",
     structStmtFmt: "$1 $3 $2 ", # struct|union [packed] $name
     produceAsm: gnuAsmListing,
     cppXsupport: "-std=gnu++14 -funsigned-char",
diff --git a/tests/compiler/tasm.nim b/tests/compiler/tasm.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f60231e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/tasm.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+proc testAsm() =
+  let src = 41
+  var dst = 0
+
+  asm """
+    mov %1, %0\n\t
+    add $1, %0
+    : "=r" (`dst`)
+    : "r" (`src`)"""
+
+  doAssert dst == 42
+
+when defined(gcc) or defined(clang) and not defined(cpp):
+  {.passc: "-std=c99".}
+  testAsm()
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