3 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 598bf2c0dd..e9b1df6367 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -16986,9 +16986,9 @@ static char_u *find_name_end(char_u *arg, char_u **expr_start,
       }
     } 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
+      if ((len > 1 && p[-1] != '}')
           || (len == 1 && vim_strchr(namespace_char, *arg) == NULL)) {
         break;
       }
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_viml.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_viml.vim
index 5d65953a9e..9f0618bd45 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_viml.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/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
@@ -908,6 +908,22 @@ endfunc
 
 
 "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Test 16:  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
 " vim: ts=8 sw=4 tw=80 fdm=marker
 " vim: fdt=substitute(substitute(foldtext(),\ '\\%(^+--\\)\\@<=\\(\\s*\\)\\(.\\{-}\\)\:\ \\%(\"\ \\)\\=\\(Test\ \\d*\\)\:\\s*',\ '\\3\ (\\2)\:\ \\1',\ \"\"),\ '\\(Test\\s*\\)\\(\\d\\)\\D\\@=',\ '\\1\ \\2',\ "")
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index e0d5e984cd..7b7d711cec 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   // 1116,
   // 1115 NA
   // 1114,
-  // 1113,
+  1113,
   1112,
   // 1111,
   // 1110,