diff --git a/lang/src/ast.asm b/lang/src/ast.asm
index 5343dec..a42caa3 100644
--- a/lang/src/ast.asm
+++ b/lang/src/ast.asm
@@ -591,8 +591,17 @@ parse_statement:
     call expect_token
     test rax, rax
     jnz .let
+    mov dil, TOKEN_LBRACE
+    call peek_expect_token      ; parse_block expects lbrace to still be there
+    jnz .block
     jmp .panic
 
+.block:
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
+    call parse_block
+    ; Blocks don't require a trailing semicolon
+    jmp .epilogue               
+
 .let:
     mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
     call ast_parse_let
@@ -617,6 +626,7 @@ parse_statement:
     mov dil, TOKEN_SEMI
     call unwrap_token
     mov rax, [rsp]              ; expression
+.epilogue:
     add rsp, 40
     pop rbp
     ret
@@ -652,7 +662,7 @@ parse_block:
     mov rdx, 0                  ; drop = None
     mov rcx, 64                 ; capacity
     call vec_init_with
-
+    nop
 .loop:
     mov dil, TOKEN_RBRACE
     call peek_expect_token
@@ -673,6 +683,10 @@ parse_block:
     call vec_push
     jmp .loop
 .done:
+    ; eat the closing brace
+    mov dil, TOKEN_RBRACE
+    call unwrap_token
+    
     mov rdi, [rsp + 56]         ; Ast
     mov qword [rsp], AST_BLOCK  ; AstNode.kind
     mov rsi, [rsp + 64]         ; span
diff --git a/lang/tests/ast.rs b/lang/tests/ast.rs
index 6b9e0af..9f68be6 100644
--- a/lang/tests/ast.rs
+++ b/lang/tests/ast.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ fn main() {
     print_ast(
         b"fn main(a: u32) -> void {
 let y: u32 = a + 4;
+{
+  let y: u32 = 10;
+}
 let y: *u32 = &y;
 return *y;
 }",