diff --git a/lib/pure/parseopt.nim b/lib/pure/parseopt.nim
index a95a5b48d7..94df5ea40f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/parseopt.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/parseopt.nim
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ proc handleShortOption(p: var OptParser; cmd: string) =
   while i < cmd.len and cmd[i] in {'\t', ' '}:
     inc(i)
     p.inShortState = false
-  if i < cmd.len and cmd[i] in {':', '='} or
-      card(p.shortNoVal) > 0 and p.key.string[0] notin p.shortNoVal:
+  if i < cmd.len and (cmd[i] in {':', '='} or
+      card(p.shortNoVal) > 0 and p.key.string[0] notin p.shortNoVal):
     if i < cmd.len and cmd[i] in {':', '='}:
       inc(i)
     p.inShortState = false
diff --git a/tests/misc/tparseopt.nim b/tests/misc/tparseopt.nim
index a3dfcbb267..47be05bac9 100644
--- a/tests/misc/tparseopt.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/tparseopt.nim
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ kind: cmdShortOption	key:val  --  r:0
 kind: cmdShortOption	key:val  --  l:
 kind: cmdShortOption	key:val  --  r:4
 kind: cmdLongOption	key:val  --  debug:
+cmdShortOption key: v value: ''
+cmdArgument key: ABC value: ''
+cmdShortOption key: v value: 'ABC'
+cmdShortOption key: v value: ''
+cmdArgument key: ABC value: ''
+cmdShortOption key: v value: ''
+cmdArgument key: ABC value: ''
+cmdShortOption key: j value: '4'
+cmdArgument key: ok value: ''
 '''
 joinable: false
 """
@@ -121,3 +130,27 @@ arg 3 ai.len:4 :{a4"b}
 arg 4 ai.len:4 :{a5'b}
 arg 5 ai.len:4 :{a6\b}
 arg 6 ai.len:4 :{a7'b}"""
+
+
+
+  block:
+    let args = @["-v", "ABC"]
+    var p = parseopt.initOptParser(args, shortnoVal = {'n'}, longnoVal = @["novalue"])
+    for kind, key, val in parseopt.getopt(p):
+      echo kind," key: ", key, " value: '", val, "'"
+
+    var r = parseopt.initOptParser(@["-v ABC"], shortnoVal = {'n'}, longnoVal = @["novalue"])
+    for kind, key, val in parseopt.getopt(r):
+      echo kind," key: ", key, " value: '", val, "'"
+
+    var s = parseopt.initOptParser("-v ABC", shortnoVal = {'v'}, longnoVal = @["novalue"])
+    for kind, key, val in parseopt.getopt(s):
+      echo kind," key: ", key, " value: '", val, "'"
+
+    var m = parseopt.initOptParser("-v ABC", shortnoVal = {'n'}, longnoVal = @["novalue"])
+    for kind, key, val in parseopt.getopt(m):
+      echo kind," key: ", key, " value: '", val, "'"
+
+    var n = parseopt.initOptParser("-j4 ok", shortnoVal = {'n'}, longnoVal = @["novalue"])
+    for kind, key, val in parseopt.getopt(n):
+      echo kind," key: ", key, " value: '", val, "'"