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diff --git a/testsuite/synth/issue965/test_block.vhdl b/testsuite/synth/issue965/test_block.vhdl
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index 000000000..508eb8a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/synth/issue965/test_block.vhdl
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+entity test_block is
+end entity test_block;
+
+architecture rtl of test_block is
+begin
+
+  Formal : block is
+  begin
+  end block Formal;
+
+end architecture rtl;
diff --git a/testsuite/synth/issue965/testsuite.sh b/testsuite/synth/issue965/testsuite.sh
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index 000000000..231cd5c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/synth/issue965/testsuite.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+. ../../testenv.sh
+
+for f in test_block; do
+  synth --std=08 $f.vhdl -e $f > syn_$f.vhdl
+  analyze syn_$f.vhdl
+done
+clean
+
+echo "Test successful"