diff --git a/src/syntax/parsing.rs b/src/syntax/parsing.rs
index ae9cfdb1b..6a8b8103a 100644
--- a/src/syntax/parsing.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/parsing.rs
@@ -1001,18 +1001,20 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_simple_nodes() {
-        t!(""            => );
-        t!("hi"          => T("hi"));
-        t!("*hi"         => B, T("hi"));
-        t!("hi_"         => T("hi"), I);
-        t!("hi you"      => T("hi"), S, T("you"));
-        t!("\\u{1f303}"  => T("🌃"));
-        t!("\n\n\nhello" => P, T("hello"));
-        t!(r"a\ b"       => T("a"), L, S, T("b"));
-        t!("`py`"        => R!["py"]);
-        t!("`hi\nyou"    => R!["hi", "you"]);
-        e!("`hi\nyou"    => s(1,3, 1,3, "expected backtick"));
-        t!("`hi\\`du`"   => R!["hi`du"]);
+        t!(""             => );
+        t!("hi"           => T("hi"));
+        t!("*hi"          => B, T("hi"));
+        t!("hi_"          => T("hi"), I);
+        t!("hi you"       => T("hi"), S, T("you"));
+        t!("special~name" => T("special"), T("\u{00A0}"), T("name"));
+        t!("special\\~name" => T("special"), T("~"), T("name"));
+        t!("\\u{1f303}"   => T("🌃"));
+        t!("\n\n\nhello"  => P, T("hello"));
+        t!(r"a\ b"        => T("a"), L, S, T("b"));
+        t!("`py`"         => R!["py"]);
+        t!("`hi\nyou"     => R!["hi", "you"]);
+        e!("`hi\nyou"     => s(1,3, 1,3, "expected backtick"));
+        t!("`hi\\`du`"    => R!["hi`du"]);
 
         t!("```java System.out.print```" => C![Some("java"), "System.out.print"]);
         t!("``` console.log(\n\"alert\"\n)" => C![None, "console.log(", "\"alert\"", ")"]);
diff --git a/src/syntax/tokens.rs b/src/syntax/tokens.rs
index d566363cc..e333968b4 100644
--- a/src/syntax/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/tokens.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ impl<'s> Iterator for Tokens<'s> {
             '_' if self.mode == Body => Underscore,
             '`' if self.mode == Body => self.read_raw_or_code(),
 
+            // Non-breaking spaces.
+            '~' if self.mode == Body => Text("\u{00A0}"),
+
             // An escaped thing.
             '\\' if self.mode == Body => self.read_escaped(),
 
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ impl<'s> Iterator for Tokens<'s> {
                     let val = match n {
                         c if c.is_whitespace() => true,
                         '[' | ']' | '{' | '}' | '/' | '*' => true,
-                        '\\' | '_' | '`' if body => true,
+                        '\\' | '_' | '`' | '~' if body => true,
                         ':' | '=' | ',' | '"' | '(' | ')' if !body => true,
                         '+' | '-' if !body && !last_was_e => true,
                         _ => false,
@@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ impl<'s> Tokens<'s> {
     fn read_escaped(&mut self) -> Token<'s> {
         fn is_escapable(c: char) -> bool {
             match c {
-                '[' | ']' | '\\' | '/' | '*' | '_' | '`' | '"' => true,
+                '[' | ']' | '\\' | '/' | '*' | '_' | '`' | '"' | '~' => true,
                 _ => false,
             }
         }
@@ -646,6 +649,7 @@ mod tests {
         t!(Body, "  \n\t \n  "  => S(2));
         t!(Body, "\n\r"         => S(2));
         t!(Body, " \r\r\n \x0D" => S(3));
+        t!(Body, "a~b"          => T("a"), T("\u{00A0}"), T("b"));
     }
 
     #[test]