diff --git a/check.t b/check.t
index 4dde011..b433c81 100644
--- a/check.t
+++ b/check.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.687 2015/03/20 23:37:52 tg Exp $
+# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.688 2015/04/11 21:18:45 tg Exp $
 # -*- mode: sh -*-
 #-
 # Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
@@ -4842,6 +4842,66 @@ expected-stdout:
 	1a:
 	2: x[A B]
 ---
+name: read-IFS-2
+description:
+	Complex tests, IFS either colon (IFS-NWS) or backslash (tricky)
+stdin:
+	n=0
+	showargs() { print -nr "$1"; shift; for s_arg in "$@"; do print -nr -- " [$s_arg]"; done; print; }
+	(IFS=\\ a=\<\\\>; showargs 3 $a)
+	(IFS=: b=\<:\>; showargs 4 $b)
+	print -r '<\>' | (IFS=\\ read f g; showargs 5 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<\\>' | (IFS=\\ read f g; showargs 6 "$f" "$g")
+	print '<\\\n>' | (IFS=\\ read f g; showargs 7 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<\>' | (IFS=\\ read f; showargs 8 "$f")
+	print -r '<\\>' | (IFS=\\ read f; showargs 9 "$f")
+	print '<\\\n>' | (IFS=\\ read f; showargs 10 "$f")
+	print -r '<\>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f g; showargs 11 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<\\>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f g; showargs 12 "$f" "$g")
+	print '<\\\n>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f g; showargs 13 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<\>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f; showargs 14 "$f")
+	print -r '<\\>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f; showargs 15 "$f")
+	print '<\\\n>' | (IFS=\\ read -r f; showargs 16 "$f")
+	print -r '<:>' | (IFS=: read f g; showargs 17 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<::>' | (IFS=: read f g; showargs 18 "$f" "$g")
+	print '<:\n>' | (IFS=: read f g; showargs 19 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<:>' | (IFS=: read f; showargs 20 "$f")
+	print -r '<::>' | (IFS=: read f; showargs 21 "$f")
+	print '<:\n>' | (IFS=: read f; showargs 22 "$f")
+	print -r '<:>' | (IFS=: read -r f g; showargs 23 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<::>' | (IFS=: read -r f g; showargs 24 "$f" "$g")
+	print '<:\n>' | (IFS=: read -r f g; showargs 25 "$f" "$g")
+	print -r '<:>' | (IFS=: read -r f; showargs 26 "$f")
+	print -r '<::>' | (IFS=: read -r f; showargs 27 "$f")
+	print '<:\n>' | (IFS=: read -r f; showargs 28 "$f")
+expected-stdout:
+	3 [<] [>]
+	4 [<] [>]
+	5 [<] [>]
+	6 [<] [>]
+	7 [<>] []
+	8 [<>]
+	9 [<\>]
+	10 [<>]
+	11 [<] [>]
+	12 [<] [\>]
+	13 [<] []
+	14 [<\>]
+	15 [<\\>]
+	16 [<]
+	17 [<] [>]
+	18 [<] [:>]
+	19 [<] []
+	20 [<:>]
+	21 [<::>]
+	22 [<]
+	23 [<] [>]
+	24 [<] [:>]
+	25 [<] []
+	26 [<:>]
+	27 [<::>]
+	28 [<]
+---
 name: read-ksh-1
 description:
 	If no var specified, REPLY is used
diff --git a/funcs.c b/funcs.c
index 71a02b2..5a6771c 100644
--- a/funcs.c
+++ b/funcs.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.266 2015/03/20 21:01:41 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.267 2015/04/11 21:18:47 tg Exp $");
 
 #if HAVE_KILLPG
 /*
@@ -1821,9 +1821,10 @@ int
 c_read(const char **wp)
 {
 #define is_ifsws(c) (ctype((c), C_IFS) && ctype((c), C_IFSWS))
-	int c, fd = 0, rv = 0, lastparm = 0;
+	int c, fd = 0, rv = 0;
 	bool savehist = false, intoarray = false, aschars = false;
 	bool rawmode = false, expanding = false;
+	bool lastparmmode = false, lastparmused = false;
 	enum { LINES, BYTES, UPTO, READALL } readmode = LINES;
 	char delim = '\n';
 	size_t bytesleft = 128, bytesread;
@@ -2127,7 +2128,7 @@ c_read(const char **wp)
 	}
 
 	if (!intoarray && wp[1] == NULL)
-		lastparm = 1;
+		lastparmmode = true;
 
  c_read_splitlast:
 	/* copy until IFS character */
@@ -2152,16 +2153,23 @@ c_read(const char **wp)
 	}
 	xsave = Xsavepos(xs, xp);
 	/* copy word delimiter: IFSWS+IFS,IFSWS */
+	expanding = false;
 	while (bytesread) {
 		char ch;
 
 		ch = *ccp;
 		if (!ctype(ch, C_IFS))
 			break;
-		Xcheck(xs, xp);
-		Xput(xs, xp, ch);
+		if (lastparmmode && !expanding && !rawmode && ch == '\\') {
+			expanding = true;
+		} else {
+			Xcheck(xs, xp);
+			Xput(xs, xp, ch);
+		}
 		++ccp;
 		--bytesread;
+		if (expanding)
+			continue;
 		if (!ctype(ch, C_IFSWS))
 			break;
 	}
@@ -2172,12 +2180,12 @@ c_read(const char **wp)
 		--bytesread;
 	}
 	/* if no more parameters, rinse and repeat */
-	if (lastparm && bytesread) {
-		++lastparm;
+	if (lastparmmode && bytesread) {
+		lastparmused = true;
 		goto c_read_splitlast;
 	}
 	/* get rid of the delimiter unless we pack the rest */
-	if (lastparm < 2)
+	if (!lastparmused)
 		xp = Xrestpos(xs, xp, xsave);
  c_read_gotword:
 	Xput(xs, xp, '\0');