diff --git a/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation1.nim b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation1.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cacde48bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation1.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+discard """
+  file: "tinvcolonlocation1.nim"
+  line: 8
+  column: 3
+  errormsg: "':' expected"
+"""
+try #<- missing ':'
+  echo "try"
+except:
+  echo "except"
+finally:
+  echo "finally"
diff --git a/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation2.nim b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation2.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b6a92b9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation2.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+discard """
+  file: "tinvcolonlocation2.nim"
+  line: 11
+  column: 1
+  errormsg: "':' expected"
+"""
+try:
+  echo "try"
+except #<- missing ':'
+  echo "except"
+finally:
+#<-- error will be here above, at the beginning of finally,
+#    since compiler tries to consome echo and part of except
+#    expression
+  echo "finally"
diff --git a/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation3.nim b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation3.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b30b1dbe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/tinvcolonlocation3.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+discard """
+  file: "tinvcolonlocation3.nim"
+  line: 12
+  column: 3
+  errormsg: "':' expected"
+"""
+try:
+  echo "try"
+except:
+  echo "except"
+finally #<- missing ':'
+  echo "finally"