Index: compilers/imcc/imcc.l
===================================================================
--- compilers/imcc/imcc.l	(revision 41935)
+++ compilers/imcc/imcc.l	(working copy)
@@ -671,6 +671,19 @@
         return yytext[0];
     }
 
+<emit>^"__END__"{EOL} {
+        BEGIN(INITIAL);
+
+        if (IMCC_INFO(interp)->frames->s.pasm_file) {
+            IMCC_INFO(interp)->frames->s.pasm_file = 2;
+            return EOM;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+<INITIAL>^"__END__"{EOL} yyterminate();
+
 <emit><<EOF>> {
         BEGIN(INITIAL);
 
Index: t/compilers/imcc/syn/end.t
===================================================================
--- t/compilers/imcc/syn/end.t	(revision 0)
+++ t/compilers/imcc/syn/end.t	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!perl
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2008, Parrot Foundation.
+# $Id: const.t 37201 2009-03-08 12:07:48Z fperrad $
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use lib qw( . lib ../lib ../../lib );
+
+use Test::More;
+use Parrot::Test tests => 1;
+
+pir_output_is( <<'CODE', <<'OUT', "__END__ acts like EOF" );
+.sub 'main' :main
+    set $I0, 1
+    print "ok 1\n"
+.end
+
+__END__
+this would not compile
+CODE
+ok 1
+OUT
+
+# Local Variables:
+#   mode: cperl
+#   cperl-indent-level: 4
+#   fill-column: 100
+# End:
+# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4: